#i literally considered changing Avery's pronouns because of this

[just-a-floofy-catt]

I took a bit of a break from posting cus im tired as balls atm lmao

But i wanted to atleast chuck something out today so heres the ref/original idea sheet of Avery, my fnaf sb self-insert/oc from a while ago :)

(Ive already kinda shown this b4 but now it just looks nicer)

(And has all the writing stuff below the pic in this post)

Also here's some bonus info on him and his role and all :)

• Hes a trans dude (he/they pronouns) that "is built like a twink and dresses like a femboy" (quote from my friend lmao), and has an extremely ambiguous voice - British accent btw (grew up in the UK, he moved over to his current residence and lives w a roommate who was his online friend).

• Hes can occasionally be a lil bit of a freak behind the scenes XD. Has indulged in alot of fanfiction, draws some questionable stuff for money and also generally can have pretty crude and vulgar humor sometimes lmao.

• Hes pretty creative with a long ass list of hobbies. Loves fashion and costumes, is an artist, avid sewer and just generally loves making things with his hands in his spare time (100% brings his crochet to work XD)

• Has almost crippling anxiety about literally almost everything.

• Hes very polite and tolerates alot of bullshit to avoid conflict, but inside he is 100% raging with the heat of 1000 suns despite the fact hes outwardly shaking enough to be practically vibrating. He will definitely talk shit about the situation to himself in great, excruciating, dramatic detail with alot of angry cursing later and then probably cry about it.

• The boi is a little try-hard that will do their job above minimum effort in order to get praise, or out of fear for getting in trouble.

• Hes typically empathetic to a fault and a straight up (un)qualified therapist.

• Oh, also, hes a raging insomniac.

- First got the job because art commissions were a little slow and, hey, a more reliable source of money at the time wouldnt hurt.

- He was always kinda curious about the place because the scary stories about it were fun to pick apart and he loved the designs of all the animatronics (pft furry).

- He showed up to the interview scared shitless but they hired him almost on the spot, much to his confusion, as he was probably less than entirely qualified for this sort of job.

- From his very first day, he showed up pushing the dress code XD. But, he was indeed wearing the uniform, so he was technically following the rules(THEY COULDNT DO SHIT TO HIM 🥰) (well they could) (but the understaffing issue was more prioritised).

- His coworkers genuinely have no fucking clue how he manages to give enough of a shit to put that much stuff on every morning. The fits are always very over the top, considering all he had to do was put the damn uniform on, but alas, he usually showed up in head to toe accessories and such. It's honestly the best way he can make himself go into work. If he's gonna work a kinda shitty job that doesn't fit his schedule that well and have to do it on barely any sleep, THEN FUCK YEAH HES GONNA DO IT WHILE LOOKIN GOOD. Thats his philosophy on it, atleast XD.

- At first while he settles into the job hes just given shifts in general areas, working joint shifts with more trained security guards or maintenance people or animatronic handlers (those were his favourites. He always got excited like a little kid when getting to see any of the animatronics) to get him used to the place.

Fazbear ent. Was clearly desperate for employees as they were almost always understaffed, but it seemed that they weren't willing to give many employees a strict job role. Rather, expecting them to be a jack of all trades as to try and fix that little issue.

This also happened to apply to Avery, explaining why he was given such oddly scattered and different jobs to settle him in.

- Even as he did start becoming independent, this didnt much change.

One night he could be watching security cameras in the office, the next he could be counting stock at a gift shop, the next he could be helping out with minor maintenance tasks on the robots (despite his ZERO FUCKING KNOWLEDGE ON THEM. Great job there Faz.Ent. Oh well. As time went on he did get atleast a little accustomed to it and managed not to electrically fry his no-robotics-degree-having ass. And he also gained a bestie in the Parts and Services Department, so that was pretty helpful too).

Shit was pretty damn good.

- Thats when they 'suddenly' decide that daycare security is necessary. Something about parents becoming increasingly weary of the odd 'Daycare Attendant' animatronic.

With Avery being their newest hire and most likely to agree to take the position, he immediately gets targeted.

- Now, Avery isnt fond of kids.

Theyre annoying little shits.

So the second he hears 'daycare' hes like "fuck no".

Not to mention that his uh... 'look' (that management had still protested until eventually giving up) would probably set off some entitled mothers or something, and he'd rather not have parents screaming in his face about it.

- Alas, hes eventually convinced into it, under the condition that he gets to stay behind the security desk and not be bothered at all.

- Theyve had security there before, after a few... incidents... but it seemed like they were putting him on a more long term intended job.

- Turns out, from what he can gather from coworkers, a few people have been assigned to the daycare in the past for multiple different roles, but noone really enjoyed it and everyone avoided the place as much as possible. Sun just generally freaked everyone out with that weird... desperation he always had (which was definitely a part of what the parents had also been complaining about) and Moon just scared them all shitless, with the night security guards always looking over their shoulder in hopes of not crossing patrol with him. Noone really downright hated them, some even felt sympathy, but most were just too unsettled to interact with them.

- Avery, being a bit of a pussy, is even further put off from the job by these sentiments.

However, he perseveres and dresses his best to try and convince himself that itd be fine (aka, that if he died atleast hed die pretty).

- The daycare actually had its own themed uniform alongside the plain guard uniform, as did alot of other places in the pizzaplex. However, since the employees were given a choice, basically everyone chose to not don the more whimsical fits, and instead just use their badge to show the specific job or branch they were supposed to be legally assigned to.

- Avery, on the other hand, fucking lived for that shit. XD

Styled it like a girlboss and walked into work at exactly 6.30am, 30 minutes before the daycare opened, prepared to look perfectly the part for his job.

- When he walked into the daycare (he avoided the slide... hm.. maybe if he ever has a night shift here....) and the lights were already on and bright enough to blind a bitch.

Oh well, their electric bill, not his problem.

- He immediately settled behind the desk, planning to keep his ass planted there for the next few hours with one earbud in, hidden under his hair, as he would halfheartedly watch the kids.

But...

Something felt off.

Really fucking weird.

He was definitely being *watched*.

Observed.

Ugh, creepy.

He ignored it, blaming it on lack of sleep.

And thats about as far as i got plan wise for his lil plotline XD

Yippee

#cattart #oc #oc art #original character #fnaf #five nights at freddys #five nights at freddy's #fnaf oc #fnaf sb oc #fnaf sb #fnaf security breach oc #fnaf security breach #security breach #fnaf daycare attendant #the daycare attendant #fnaf superstar daycare #fnaf self insert #dca #dca fandom #dca self insert #dca oc #sundrop x oc #moondrop x oc #dca x oc #catt rambles

[sureuncertainty]

The Silence Agenda: A reference post

revised/updated 2/7/20

(this is an updated version of the old post, I had to make a new one because it wasn’t letting me edit, but much of it is changed anyway) 

WHAT IS THIS THING YOU’RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT, WIN???

Well, it’s my original novel, The Silence Agenda, that’s completely taken over this blog to the point of me considering changing my url (don’t worry I won’t, I’m not planning on changing it anytime soon), and I figured it’d be good to have relevant info in one place for anyone interested in learning about it or about the characters!

Plot Synopsis: A trained assassin and Stressed(tm) grad student room together in a tiny apartment to make rent easier.  (oh my god they were roommates)The book centers around their relationship, growing from not quite enemies, but more like annoyances, to unlikely friends, and eventually of course, to lovers, because I’m predictable like that.

Nyx (they/them)-

Nyx is the trained assassin half of the story. They’re 24 years old, genderfluid and use they/them pronouns, and they’re also intersex and identify as queer!

They’re also ISTJ and an 8w9. They’re not really a people person, as they learned a lonnnng time ago not to trust others, and have a very hard time communicating and also showing or feeling any emotions at all.

They had a rough life, grew up poor, were kicked out of their house when they were 17 by a homophobic/transphobic single mother, and ended up homeless for two years before they joined

The Silence Agenda, the name of the organization of assassins that Nyx is a part of. Their mission is basically to take out people that other people want dead. Technically, they’re hitmen, not assassins. The Boss is the highest up in the organization, and has no name other than The Boss. I have no drawings of him. Other Silence Agenda agents include:

Iris (she/her)-

Nyx’s ex girlfriend, and recruiter of them to the silence agenda. She also saved their life. She’s impulsive, somewhat irrational, somewhat crazy, and also drop dead gorgeous so Nyx was wildly in love with her. She sacrificed herself to keep them alive, and they’ve never stopped blaming themself for that. Partially because of

Kat (she/her)-

Another silence agenda agent, an extremely petty, jealous bitch who also happens to be the main antagonist of the story. Always jealous of Nyx because of Iris’s “favoritism”, she holds a deep grudge against them, and also manipulated them into thinking that Iris’s death was their fault, even though it wasn’t. She comes from a rich family, and grew up somewhat abandoned by her parents, and with some violent tendencies. Her parents were killed by Silence Agents when she was 20 years old, and she proceeded to then join Silence Agenda to become a ruthless killer. Power hungry, manipulative, and obsessive, wants nothing more than to take over the Silence Agenda herself one day

And that’s pretty much it for backstory, Silence Agenda related things. Which is only HALF of the story I’m telling. The other half involves my wonderful boi

Avery Sharpe (they/them)-

A 23 year old grad student studying history with a deep love of all things Irish. They’re agender, bisexual, and demisexual! They have green hair that they dye lavender halfway through the story (hence different hair colors when I draw them). They also have emetophobia, social anxiety, and ADHD.

They work two separate jobs, at Starbucks, and the campus library in order to afford to live, as they were disowned by their conservative Christian parents their junior year of college,  They’re very passionate and feel things a lot, and are also incredibly messy, which drives Nyx up the wall.

Sam (he/him)-

Avery’s only real other friend at the time of the story’s writing, one of their coworkers at Starbucks. A Friend and Boy. Highly supportive, encouraging, and the Ultimate Wingman of Nyx and Avery’s relationship. Gay and in a long term committed relationship with his boyfriend, Carlos.

The only other important character has no illustrations, but his name is Derek Bernard, and he’s Nyx’s target, who works at Avery’s university as does Nyx undercover. He’s the head of the department of economics and he sucks.

If you made it here, thank you so much for reading! As for the story itself, I have it in both novel and SCREENPLAY form, thanks to my beautiful and incredible girlfriend @drama-dick who you should check out bc she also writes amazing poetry! If you’re interested in reading, DM me! I have individual tags for each of the characters, as well as a main tag for my story, The Silence Agenda (https://sureuncertainty.tumblr.com/tagged/the-silence-agenda), if you’d like to check it out. I am planning on attempting to self publish, and will be posting more details about that as it comes out.

Feel free, as always to DM me or send me asks with questions for, or about my characters! AND AND AND if you ever want to literally make my entire day, draw art of any of my OCs for me to love you forever!! I already love you forever for reading this!

#the silence agenda #my writing #reference #my art #my characters #yoooooo remade this! #reblogs are appreciated #i'm gonna try and reblog this more periodiically

[mutantsrisingrpg]

Congratulations M! You’ve been accepted as PHOBOS.

Rahim is a skeleton that I absolutely loved writing and had a very specific image in mind while writing it. I’m not sure how you did it, but you brought that very thing to life! The first line in your bio is “A boy is a bomb.” which is really what Rahim is at the end of the day. Of course, I have to bring up the way you broke down their dossier and connected it with the fear that drives every part of his life because it truly made me feel for Rahim. I can’t wait to see what this boy does on the dash! 

Welcome to Mutants Rising! Please read the checklist and submit your account within 24 hours.

Out of Character Information:

NAME/ALIAS: M

PRONOUNS: She/her

AGE: 27

TIMEZONE & ACTIVITY LEVEL: GMT+1

In Character Information:

DESIRED ROLE: Rahim Avery/Phobos

GENDER/PRONOUNS: Cis male, he/him

DETAILS & ANALYSIS:

Rahim was like a perfect storm of things made to attract me it seems: his code name is the name of the god of fear in greek mythology and i’m a sucker for the less known deities in mythology, riz ahmed as a fc is just such a perfect choice i don’t even have the words and then there’s his aesthetic blurb especially this line “The feeling of a hand on the back of your neck, tightening as they get their message across and the sparks from a train coming into the station as it attempts to stop.” This line was what got me absolutely hooked and what to me sets Phobos apart from other characters in play (especially male ones) like Cain for instance because i think Rahim has a lot of pent up anger and agression but he rarely ever gets it out, he’s much more skilled at the lead up to violence, at simply threatening it and oh he’ll unleash hell upon someone if he’s pushed to it whether that’s with his mutant ability or his fists but truth is his anger is mostly turned onto himself, he isn’t so much destructive as he is self destructive. Anger’s not a fuel or a driving force for him it’s a crutch, it’s a bad habit he’s unwilling to kick. He’s more likely to do dumb shit like bare knuckle box with people twice his weight and size just so he can get punched in the face and bleed or drink himself into oblivion, run on barely any hour of sleep and brush off any concern from claiming he’s working, doing it for the syndicate.

And then back to the code name, Phobos. I looked into that greek god and apparently Phobos and Deimos were meant to represent fear of loss also because of Aphrodite being their mother and then that just got me thinking about the driving fear in Rahim’s life and the more I thought about it the more I thought that his driving fear must be the fear of being known ‘cause otherwise why would he be so freaked out by the mere possibility of Jack digging into his past (and I do picture him to be quite unnerved about it and hiding it not quite as well as he thinks he is but putting up a front). I don’t have plans to insert a tragic backstory or big dark secret but I do think being known fully is not something Rahim is open to or even capable of, he’s barely managed to trust anyone in his life fully (except Finn, god bless Finn honestly) and letting anyone in on who he really is, in all his vulnerability, letting them know about his past (he’ll give you mundane pieces about his past, anecdotal shit but try and dig deeper and witness this man’s incredible proficiency at shutting the fuck down and quick) is just inconceivable to him because then that opens him up to hurt and loss and like I said there’s no tragic backstory behind it but he’s known loss once or twice already and some people handle loss better than others. Rahim is others.

BIO:

A boy is a bomb. Now that’s a sort of sentence that’s enough to make one think 'oh how tragical’ and start worrying about the boy but now what if I told you that it was no metaphor? That it was quite literal and in fact not only is the boy a bomb but there is no ticking, no counter and he can go off at any second leaving wreckage in his wake. The boy lives, oh he always live and he doesn’t get hurt but that doesn’t make his predicament any less tragic, now wouldn’t you say. That boy has a name. His name is Rahim Avery and he was born thirty-five years ago in Illinois to two mutant parents only Teresa and Caden Avery were not prepared for their child to have such a volatile and destructive ability as both their mutant abilities were of a defensive nature.

Knowing Rahim could not hurt himself using his power was only a slight relief but rather than a childhood of playing with other children as any other child should Rahim’s own childhood was more often spent training to master perfect control and emotions such as anger or passion were heavily discouraged as he was reminded at every turn of the consequences, of how he might hurt others without meaning to. He found outlets however for a time through sport but then his old habits got in the way as he was almost paralyzed with fear of hurting his teammates living any contact sports out of the question until he had more control. Puberty was particularly tough on him, as if raging hormones and social awkwardness was not enough to add on top of that the possiblity of literally exploding at the slightest change of mood was a lot, too much to place on a young man’s shoulders.

What Rahim found though and what was a great relief to him was that keeping such a tight reign on his emotions had opened him up to listening better because he didn’t take up much space at all, didn’t speak much only when he did it was with eloquence and more importantly empathy. He became in tune with other’s people feelings from spending so much his time, waiting, observing and one emotion he realized could be quite useful was fear. He didn’t have to be violent or let his anger out if only the mere thought of him doing so was enough of a threat to have people backing down and so he soon sought out loneliness and embraced it, happier keeping people at bay with one dark look. It was freeing, much easier to keep a lid on all his repressed anger when there wasn’t a soul in sight to potentially piss him off.

The tactic kept him lonely and stronger by the day, much more in control of his ability until he felt like he could have been in a rage and not made anything explode at all, like he wasn’t a threat to his immediate surroundings just by existing and what a relief that was too. Life, it seemed had one lesson to teach him: it didn’t matter how much control you thought you had you could still screw up and badly.

An incident occurred cutting him completely off guard as his parents house was attacked while he was visiting, an anti-mutant attack evidently as their neck of the woods had grown progressively less safe for their kind over the years and intending to charge an item for explosion and aim it at an attacker he was blindsided and instead the charge injured his father. Although he was assured following the attack time and time again that he had nothing to feel sorry for, that his father knew he was only trying to help and to protect his family, Rahim had to admit to himself that although isolating himself might have seemed like the perfect plan he was still far from harmless, having focused all of his attention on control rather than precision.

When he learned of the Blackburn Syndicate’s existence and its origins he at first refused to even consider looking further into it or meeting its members. He was no cast aside mutant, he was simply one of many (he had to assume, it couldn’t only be him) that struggled with his powers. It wasn’t that the criminal activities rebuked him either as he had gone from job to job aimlessly, never having found a vocation for himself so putting his powers to good use and making more money than he would on his many odd jobs was definitely appealing but he couldn’t help at first but to think he would be stealing a spot from a needy mutant to until he met the underboss of the Syndicate who made it quite clear that as long as he was useful whether or not his spot was filled by him or some less fortunate mutant out there did not matter. They needed a bruiser and if he had the ambition and the skills for it, he ought to take the position, that wouldn’t stop the Syndicate from taking other less fortunate mutants into their ranks. The nature of the job was enough to make him say yes as he saw there an outlet for his anger that was slightly more healthy than the ones he was accustomed to. Of course, he got more than he bargained for joining the criminal crew, some friends he thinks he might very well be willing to kill or die for and some thorns in his sides too.

EXPANDED CONNECTIONS:

Finn Croix: All I could think of reading that connection was of Jonathan Van Ness and Antoni Porowski friendship (but tbh the whole fab five and their non toxic love towards one another, the way they’re so comfortable hugging and touching and telling each other they love each other, i just a hundred per cent pictured that with Finn and Rahim) except that sentence in finn’s description of the connection with Rahim about people gossiping about the two of them lodged itself into my brain and made me go 'could this be romantic, taking the romance out of the bromance? or am i reading into it???’ but i’m quite happy to say whichever way it goes, I just absolutely love this connection and I can see Finn being the only one Rahim fully trust and is as close to his truest self with so that’s saying somethin.

Jack Mizuno: Jack was put on this eath to test Rahim’s patience and goodness and by God if he isn’t fulfilling his purpose to the fullest. Basically every day that he doesn’t break a bone in that guy’s body just because or blows up anything electronic just to fuck with him is a day that Rahim congratulates himself on his impeccable restraint. No, but more seriously Rahim doesn’t let people in on his fuck up with his parents and the robbery, doesn’t let anyone know of all the fucked up ways he’s been punishing himself for years for just being born wrong (he wishes he could have a defensive power on most days like his parents and that’s definitely a secret Jack can’t find but Rahim’s lucky Jack can’t quite read thoughts yet) so Jack gets under his skin, make his skin crawl and deep down Rahim’s midly scared of the guy and trying to get desperate for a way to get him off track, distract him.

EXTRA: I did not have time for extras unfortunately at this time. I thank you for reading my app for Dana/Enceladus and am available for any feedback.

ANYTHING ELSE: Nothing at the moment.

#accepted #accepted: phobos

[ybarrcs]

           hello  ,  what’s  good    !    my  name’s  lina    &    i’m  super  excited  to  be  here    !    i’m  21  ,  am  currently  chilling  in  the  gmt  timezone    &    my  pronouns  are  she / her    !    i’m  literally  a  trash  bag  in  human  form    &    spend  way  too  much  time  thinking  stefan  salvatore  deserved  better    &    hoping  that  bazzi  will  someday  release  another  album    !    anyway  ,  that’s  all  boring  nonsense  ashfkjk  but  i  can’t  wait  to  get  to  write  with  u  guys    &    introduce  u  to  this  little  messy  b*tch    !    i’m  too  lazy  to  rewrite  for  things  so  below  is  just  a  section    (    with  his  secret  removed  bc  😏    )    of  his  app  bc  i’d  never  put  y’all  through  reading  ALL  of  that  so  i  hope  u  enjoy    !    if  u’d  like  to  plot  then  smash  that  lil  heart    &    i’ll  come  running  to  u    !

           oh my gosh, am i crazy or did i just see XAVIER SERRANO jamming out to CHANGED by BAZZI ? wait nevermind, i think that’s just AVERY YBARRA . pretty sure i heard they’re known around hollywood as THE CONNARD. while that is a broad term, it makes sense because they’re known around hollywood for being HEDONISTIC but can also be CALLOUS.  which makes total sense after seeing everything prominence insider has posted on their site about them. + missed calls at 2am, tangled knots of headphones, burnt matchsticks, well worn leather jackets, there are pasts inside they, do it out of spite.  ◜ lina. 21. gmt. she/her. ◞

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐒  .

𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥  𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞    :    avery  ybarra  ,  previously  matías  castillo

𝐚𝐠𝐞    :    twenty - four  .

𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫    :    male  .

𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬    :    he / him  .

𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲    :    september 2nd  .

𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫  𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧   :    virgo  .

𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭    :    6ft  1in  .

𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭    :    80kg  .

𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫    :    light  brown  .

𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬    :    green  .

𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧    :    chef / social  media  influencer / youtuber  .

𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲    :    heterosexual  .

𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬    :    victoria  castillo    (    mother  ,  deceased    )    &    alejandro  castillo    (    father  ,  46    )  .

𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬    :    alisa  castillo    (    sister  ,  21    )    &    amalia  castillo    (    sister  ,  18    ) .

𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡  𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞    :    barcelona  ,  spain  .

𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭  𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞    :    los  angeles  ,  california  .

𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲    :    spanish  .

𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲    :    hispanic  .

𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬    :    spanish    (    first   ) ,  english    (   second   )  ,  french  ,  italian  ,  portuguese.

𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡    :    10  million  .

𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐬    :    the  connard  ,  the  hacker  ,  the  runaway  .

+  𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬    :    analytical  ,  intelligent  ,  meticulous  ,  modest  ,  practical  ,  reliable  .

-  𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬    :    conservative  ,  fastidious  ,  fussy  ,  harsh  ,  judgemental  ,  overcritical  .

𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘  .

                                                           TRIGGERS    ;    leukemia  ,  death  ,  drugs    &    alcohol  .

        in  a  quaint  yet  suburban  town  located  on  outskirts  of  barcelona  ,  spain  lived  alejandro  castillo  ,  a  recent  high  school  graduate    &    current  owner  of  the  castillo  residence  .  he’d  call  it  a  home  ,  but  he  wouldn’t  label  a  100  square  meter  foundation  a  home  .  the  castillos  never  had  an  easy  life  ,    &    as  the  only  child  of  his  late  parents  he  was  left  with  the  entirety  of  their  his  family’s  fortune  .  or  so  ,  how  little  of  the  fortune  they  had  left  .  alejandro  was  a  level  headed  young  man  who  had  worked  hard  in  school    &    had  a  weekend  job  to  pay  off  the  bills  ,    &    with  little  family  he  was  left  alone  in  the  big  city  to  find  a  stable  future    &    work  through  his  grief  .  he  had  three  ,  very  important  steps  to  follow    :    get  drunk    ;    it  wouldn’t  cost  too  much  for  a  pint  of  flaherty’s  finest  bitter  ,  right    ?    buy  a  car    ;    although  he  had  little  money  to  play  around  with  ,  his  inherited  money  was  enough  for  him  to  buy  an  beaten  down  toyota  4runner  .  then  ,  get  a  girl    ;    it  was  a  common  necessity  back  then  ,  but  who  would  want  a  struggling  mechanic  who  was  left  to  live  his  lonely  life    ?

         in  a  more  upstate  area  in  barcelona  ,  victoria  de  la  rosa  resided  with  her  parents    &    three  siblings  .  now  ,  the  de  la  rosa’s  were  not  by  any  means  considerably  wealthy  ,  but  they  were  comfortable  .  their  children  were  educated  in  some  of  the  best  schools  in  barcelona    &    had  full  scholarships  for  college  .  in  conclusion  ,  victoria  had  a  good  life  ,  but  she  wasn’t  spoiled  about  it  .  a  modest    &    kind  young  lady  ,  she  accepted  everyone  no  matter  their  status    &    lived  somewhat  an  idealistic  life  .  everyone  expected  her  to  do  well  in  life  ,  to  marry  someone  who  could  treat  her  the  way  she  deserved  to  be  treated  .  her  parents  ,  who  had  even  higher  expectations  would  cast  her  off  to  have  meals  with  already  successful  young  men  ,  but  victoria  didn’t  care  about  success  .  success  ,  to  her  ,  was  three  notches  short  of  happiness    &    if  you’re  not  happy  ,  then  what  are  you  doing    ?    her  whole  life  ,  she  told  herself  that  happiness  comes  first    &    success  comes  later  ,  so  she  would  quickly  send  who  her  parents  considered  to  be  eligible  candidates  on  their  way  with  that  delicate  smile  of  hers  .

           the  day  that  victoria  met  alejandro  castillo  ,  her  whole  world  changed  .  he  was  everything  he  parents  didn’t  want  her  to  be  with  .  he  didn’t  have  a  lot  money  ,  a  flashy  car  or  an  expensive  house  .  but  what  he  was  brave    &    determined  ,  thoughtful    &    fair  .  it  was  these  traits  ,  rather  than  the  little  fortune  he  had  behind  him  that  made  victoria  fall  in  love  so  easily    &    undeniably  .  within  a  year  ,  the  pair  were  married  ,  but  the  wedding  wasn’t  exactly  what  would  be  called  ‘ traditional ’  .  in  fact  ,  it  was  just  the  two  of  them    &    two  witnesses  in  barcelona’s  registration  office  .  it  wasn’t  decorated  with  pretty  flowers    &    silk  sheets  draped  over  chairs  ,  with  hundreds  of  guests  holding  back  the  tears  as  vows  were  exchanged  ,  but  it  was  everything  they  could  hope  for  .  on  the  contrary  ,  victoria’s  parents  were  not  happy  at  all  .  not  just  in  her  choice  of  the  wedding  venue  but  the  man  she  chose  to  dedicate  the  rest  of  her  life  to  .  so  ,  as  some  form  of  punishment  ,  they  cut  off  her  funding    &    left  her  to  her  own  devices  .  but  victoria  was  happy  regardless  .

           the  happy  couple  lived  in  the  castillo  home  for  a  couple  of  years  ,    &    after  victoria  had  caught  on  a  stable  job    &    they  had  a  good  influx  of  money  to  keep  them  on  their  feet  ,  they  decided  to  invest  in  a  bigger  home  .  it  wasn’t  much  bigger  ,  but  it  was  a  house  a  lot  more  fitting  for  their  growing  family  .  after  all  ,  victoria  was  pregnant  with  their  first  child  ,    &    with  that  comes  a  responsibility    &    the  need  for  a  lot  more  room  .  the  pregnancy  was  tumultuous    &    complicated  at  times  ,  but  when  it  was  good  ,  it  was  incredible  .  the  problems  became  defeated  by  the  pure  happiness  that  came  with  feeling  their  baby  kick  in  victoria’s  belly  for  the  first  time  ,  or  feeling  it  have  hiccup  after  hiccup  .  it  was  a  long  nine  months  of  waiting  for  the  day  to  finally  come  ,    &    after  they  had  both  agreed  not  to  find  out  the  gender  of  their  first  born  ,  the  day  their  baby  was  born  was  the  happiest  date  of  their  life  .  it  was  at  02:51 AM  on  september  the  2nd  ,  1994  ,  that  matías  castillo  was  born  .

           as  a  child  ,  he  was  vibrant    &    playful  .  always  curious  about  his  next  adventure    &    finding  new  ways  to  entertain  himself  .  he  was  close  to  his  father    ;    attached  to  his  hip    &   striving  to  be  more  like  him  ,  a  man  who  had  recently  succeeded  in  his  mechanic’s  degree  after  years  of  trying    &    only  just  catching  a  stable  job  .  but  no  matter  how  close  he  was  to  his  father  ,  matías  would  forever  be  his  mother’s  son  .  she  was  his  angel  ,  or  so  he  saw  her  .  she  was  kind    &    she  would  teach  him  to  be  so  .  she  would  easily  talk  to  strangers    &    he’d  follow  suit  ,  wanting  people  to  look  at  him  the  same  way  they  looked  at  her  .  even  with  his  sisters  ,  he  was  kind  .  when  they  were  born  ,  he  assumed  the  role  of  the  protective  older  brother  ,    &    despite  the  odd  few  debacles  that  every  single  sibling  has  ,  he  still  adored  them  .  the  family  were  as  what  people  would  say  ,  like  a  pack  of  wolves  .  everything  they  did  ,  they  did  it  together    &    even  though  they  didn’t  have  a  lot  ,  they  had  each  other    &    that  was  all  they  needed  .

           in  school  ,  matías  excelled  in  everything  he  did  .  he  was  one  of  the  top  pupils  in  all  his  classes    &    was  a  good  ,  respectable  student  .  especially  in  food  technology  .  when  he  was  young  ,  he  used  to  stand  at  the  kitchen  counter  ,  peering  over  the  top  to  see  what  his  mother  was  cooking    &    over  time  ,  it  became  his  passion  .  most  boys  his  age  were  into  sports    &    computer  games  ,  but  all  matías  cared  about  was  the  smell  of  bread  baking  in  the  oven  or  the  satisfied  smiles  on  his  family’s  faces  as  he  created  yet  another  delicious  meal  .  he  became  quite  good  at  it  ,    &    despite  how  proud  he  was  of  his  skills  he  felt  alone  in  school  .  nobody  understood  what  it  was  about  cooking  that  made  him  feel  so  fulfilled  ,    &    despite  his  mother’s  constant  reassurance  that  it  didn’t  matter  as  long  as  he  was  happy  ,  he  distanced  himself  from  the  oven    &   focused  on  computer  science  instead  .  it  didn’t  provide  the  same  form  of  contentment  as  cooking  did  ,  but  it  was  enough  to  occupy  his  mind    &    make  him  fit  in  .

           but  it  wasn’t  all  plain  sailing  ,  especially  for  the  castillos  .  not  long  after  matías’s  fourteenth  birthday  ,  victoria  was  rushed  in  to  hospital  due  to  unexplained  nose  bleeds    &    weight  loss  ,  which  both  led  to  an  incredibly  low  blood  pressure    &    a  worrying  amount  of  dizziness  .  after  hours  worth  of  blood  tests    &    different  types  of  medical  examinations  ,  the  family  were  faced  with  the  distressing  news  that  their  beloved  mother    &    wife  was  showing  symptoms  of  acute  leukemia  .  after  more  tests    &    scans  were  ran  ,  the  diagnosis  was  confirmed    &    the  severity  of  the  condition  rattled  the  family  as  a  whole  ,  no  more  than  matías  .  he  spent  hours  locked  away  in  his  room  ,  trying  to  come  to  terms  with  the  the  news  while  his  mother  received  failing  treatment  .  the  leukemia  had  spread  too  far  ,  reaching  to  her  vital  organs    &    they  knew  then  that  it  was  too  late  .  on  august  the  21st  ,  victoria  castillo  passed  away  with  one  final  request  to  her  son    :    take  care  of  the  family  .

           the  castillos  were  overcome  with  grief  ,  which  each  of  them  handled  in  their  own  way  .  the  girls  delved  into  their  school  work  as  a  form  of  distraction  .  matías  kept  his  promise    &    took  care  of  the  family  .  he  cooked  them  meals  ,  made  sure  his  sisters  were  getting  to  school  on  time    &   made  sure  his  father  didn’t  drown  himself  in  the  amount  of  alcohol  he’d  been  consuming  since  the  funeral  .  in  little  to  no  time  at  all  ,  he  became  the  man  of  the  family  despite  only  being  a  young  teen  in  high  school  ,  but  he  tried  his  best  however  hard  it  was  .  their  mother  had  managed  to  save  up  quite  a  collection  of  money  for  them  throughout  the  years  ,  but  it  didn’t  take  long  for  their  father  to  make  that  disappear  on  what  he  would  call  ‘ necessities ’  that  he’d  hide  from  his  children  too  quickly  for  them  to  have  a  good  look  .  as  suspicious  as  he  was  ,  matías  knew  he  couldn’t  spend  too  much  time  pondering  over  it  because  his  father  had  quit  his  job  ,    &    they  had  no  other  form  of  income  to  see  them  through  .

           for  a  little  while  ,  the  family  were  slowly  sinking  towards  the  way  of  poverty  ,    &    matías  was  struggling  to  find  ways  to  provide  for  them  .  he  tried  cleaning  windows  ,  washing  neighbours  cars  ,  but  none  of  the  money  he  earned  could  provide  enough  for  a  house  of  four  .  but  he  was  a  smart    &    determined  kid  ,  with  knowledge  way  beyond  his  years    &    after  trying    &    trying    &   trying  ,  he  found  a  solution  .  or  more  so  ,  the  solution  found  him  .  the  solution  being  one  of  his  classmates  wanting  unwarranted  access  to  a  friend’s  phone  .  matías  wasn’t  a  computer  expert  ,  but  he  knew  his  way  around  programs    &    after  learning  of  his  mother’s  condition  ,  he  lashed  out  a  little  in  school    &    managed  to  unlock  certain  websites  that  were  previously  banned  from  the  school  network  .  although  the  school  board  were  quick  to  notice    &   shut  down  the  sites  again  ,  they  never  found  the  culprit  ,  but  that  didn’t  mean  the  students  had  no  idea  who  did  it  .

           at  first  ,  matías  declined  .  he  had  so  much  to  worry  about  already  that  he  did  not  need  someone  wanting  to  find  out  their  friend’s  personal  information  being  on  his  shoulders  .  but  once  a  good  lump  sum  of  money  was  brought  to  the  table  ,  he  had  no  choice  but  to  agree  .  after  all  ,  it  was  only  one  person  ,  right    ?    if  only  that  were  true  .  after  succeeding  in  gaining  the  information  his  classmate  asked  for  ,  word  got  out    &    suddenly  he  had  a  whole  list  of  people  wanting  him  to  access  someone’s  system  for  one  reason  or  another  .  over  time  ,  he  became  quite  good  at  it    &    earned  a  lot  of  money  .  money  which  his  father  used  to  pay  for  the  debt  his  children  didn’t  know  about  .  no  matter  how  much  he  earned  ,  through  what  he’d  call  his  extra  curricular  activity  ,  it  would  go  in  alejandro’s  back  pocket  until  he  was  waist  height  in  debt  that  he  had  no  choice  but  to  admit  where  the  money  was  really  going  .  after  all  ,  matías  had  already  spotted  the  bags  of  powder    &    pills  his  father  had  attempted  to  stash  away  ,  which  he  had  skilfully  ignored  .

           uncovering  their  father’s  drug  addiction  caused  a  further  rift  between  the  family    &    matías  decided  he  had  had  enough  .  after  graduating  high  school  ,  he  had  good  enough  grades  to  further  his  education    &    achieve  his  bachillerato  certificate  in  food  technology  ,  pursuing  his  dream  career    &    fulfilling  his  mother’s  expectations  of  him  .  he  even  got  a  part  time  job  working  as  waiter  in  the  a  nearby  restaurant  ,  telling  himself  that  if  he  could  keep  this  up  for  another  couple  of  years  ,  he’d  be  able  to  leave  spain    &    his  estranged  family  behind  .  he  didn’t  tell  his  father  about  his  job  ,  however  .  he  used  enough  money  to  provide  for  the  family  but  the  rest  was  stored  away  somewhere  safe  for  later  use  ,    &    after  he  had  earned  his  certificate  ,  matías  booked  a  flight    &    earned  a  place  in  an  american  university  majoring  in  food  tech    &    left  his  old  life  behind  him  without  so  much  as  a  good  bye  .

          for  months  ,  he  had  to  swallow  his  guilt  for  leaving  his  family  .  after  all  ,  he  made  a  promise  to  his  mother    &    broke  it  by  leaving  his  family  in  the  thousands  of  euros  of  debt  his  father  had  landed  them  in  .  but  he  wasn’t  happy    ;    matías  wasn’t  happy  being  branded  as  a  castillo  .  he  didn’t  want  to  have  any  ties  to  his  family  so  after  a  few  months  of  living  in  the  US  ,  he  decided  to  change  his  name  .  it  took  a  lot  of  back    &    forth  throwing  of  different  names  but  after  a  while  of  deciding  ,  he  settled  on  avery  ybarra  .  nobody  would  ever  suspect  he  was  a  castillo  with  that  name  ,  or  so  ,  that’s  what  he  was  hoping  for  .  living  in  a  different  country  was  refreshing    ;    he  was  free  to  do  what  he  wanted  to  do    &   what  he  wanted  to  do  was  cook  .  but  he  needed  to  work  up  to  the  position  he  wanted  .  he  already  had  experience  as  a  waiter  ,  so  getting  a  job  in  that  department  was  easy  ,  but  it  was  soon  noticed  that  he  was  more  than  just  taking  orders    &    bringing  out  dishes  .  he’d  often  critique  the  food  that  was  being  sent  out  ,  which  at  first  his  boss  found  annoying  until  he  realised  that  the  customers  were  complaining  of  the  same  thing  ,    &    promoted  avery  to  chef  de  partie  as  a  roundsman  .

          his  newly  accounted  role  in  the  restaurant  boosted  sales  ,    &    his  talent  was  noticed  by  many  .  so  much  so  that  his  colleagues  ,  well  aware  of  his  passion  for  food  persuaded  him  to  apply  for  hell’s  kitchen’s  14th  season  .  as  reluctant  as  he  was  ,  he  eventually  applied    &   was  accepted  as  one  of  the  contestants  .  the  competition  was  tough  ,  but  he  battled  through  each  challenge  like  a  champion   &    gained  a  mass  following  on  his  instagram  ,  if  not  for  his  youthful  looks  then  it  was  his  attitude  in  the  kitchen  .  but  eventually  ,  on  june  the  9th  2015  ,  he  was  crowned  the  youngest  winner  of  hell’s  kitchen  .  after  that  ,  he  worked  closely  with  joël  robuchon  ,  a  world  renowned  french  chef  who’s  dishes  avery  was  in  awe  of  but  he  was  also  awarded  a  grand  total  of  $250,000  to  do  with  what  he  pleased  .  he  planned  to  buy  a  nice  home  ,  a  decent  car    &    put  some  money  to  one  side  so  he  could  eventually  purchase  his  own  restaurant  .  but  his  father  had  other  words  .

           after  his  victorious  win  ,  avery  ybarra  was  a  name  everyone  knew  .  young  ,  promising  ,    &    strikingly  handsome  ,  he  was  popular  among  many  .  but  back  home  ,  his  family  still  knew  him  as  matías  .  so  ,  in  return  for  his  family  to  not  expose  who  he  actually  was  ,  his  father  proposed  a  deal    :    pay  off  his  debt  ,  give  them  a  comfortable  amount  of  money  to  live  with  ,    &    then  they’d  have  nothing  to  do  with  him  again  .  avery  did  not  think  it  through  too  much  .  after  all  ,  how  much  debt  could  his  father  had  gotten  them  into  within  such  a  short  space  of  time    ?    his  first  mistake  was  underestimating  his  father’s  addiction  ,    &    after  paying  off  the  debt    &    giving  them  a  lump  sum  to  spend  in  their  bank  accounts  ,  he  was  left  with  next  to  nothing  .  avery  felt  sad  ,  manipulated    &    above  all  betrayed  .  he  never  trusted  his  father  to  begin  with  ,    &    there  was  a  good  reason  why  .

            *  here’s  where  his  secret  goes  but  let’s  say  he  got  a  lot  of  money  *

           at  first  ,  avery  didn’t  know  what  to  do  with  the  money  .  he  just  needed  enough  to  get  him  off  his  feet  .  but  after  time  ,  he  did  everything  he  had  planned  before  .  he  had  his  nice  apartment  ,  his  luxurious  car  ,  started constructing  own  restraurant  ,    &    a  pile  of  designer  clothes  that  eventually  were  given  to  him  by  brands  over  time  .  his  following  on  social  media  kept  growing    &    brands  kept  coming  to  him  to  promote  their  products  ,    &    suddenly  avery  didn’t  need  to  do  what  he  used  to  to  gain  money  any  more  .  he  started  a  youtube  channel  where  he  would  teach  people  how  to  cook  ,  a  channel  that  soon  hit  off    &    earned  him  more  money  over  time  .  eventually  ,  he  settled  into  his  new  profit    &   his  new  life  as  avery  ybarra  .  he  wasn’t  matías  castillo  any  more  ,    &   it  about  time  the  world  knew  about  it  .

𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘  .

           due  to  the  course  his  life  took  ,  avery  has  altered  a  lot  through  the  years  .  when  he  was  a  child  ,  he  had  a  simplistic  outlook  on  life    &    didn’t  really  take  notice  of  a  lot  of  things  ,  mostly  because  he  didn’t  need  to  .  now  ,  avery  is  thoughtful  .  every  decision  he  makes  has  to  be  well  thought  out  before  he  can  even  consider  carrying  it  out  ,  mostly  due  to  the  fact  that  he  doesn’t  want  to  embarrass  himself  or  come  across  as  somebody  who’s  relatively  useless  .  avery  is  also  very  critical  of  other  people’s  actions  .  he  has  this  mindset  where  he  believes  he  is  superior  to  other  people  ,    &    that  often  shines  through  in  consistent  eye  rolling    &    only  listening  to  half  of  what  someone  says  before  occupying  his  mind  with  something  else  .  if  he  sees  someone  as  being  dull    &    boring  ,  he’ll  immediately  shut  off    &    act  like  they  don’t  exist  because  to  him  ,  they’re  just  wasting  their  time  talking  to  him  .

           despite  all  this  ,  however  ,  avery  is  very  humble  about  his  career  .  he  knows  he’s  a  good  cook    (    after  all  ,  he  won  hell’s  kitchen    !    )    but  he  doesn’t  let  it  get  to  his  head  .  he  knows  he  can  be  better   &    excel  in  it  ,  so  until  he’s  the  best  of  the  best  ,  he’s  not  satisfied  .  he’s  very  ambitious    &    is  not  afraid  to  speak  his  mind  if  it  means  it’ll  benefit  him  in  some  way  .  a  lot  of  the  time  ,  he  speaks  his  mind  anyway  .  avery  is  a  very  outspoken  individual  ,  not  afraid  to  voice  his  opinion  no  matter  who  agrees  or  disagrees  .  the  fact  of  the  matter  is  ,  he  simply  doesn’t  care  enough  .  people  are  generally  irrelevant  to  him  ,  especially  if  they  serve  no  purpose  in  his  life  so  it’s  not  uncommon  for  him  to  be  rude    &    brash  whenever  he  wants  to  be  ,  even  if  it’s  uncalled  for  .  he  doesn’t  care  about  hurting  other’s  feelings  ,  no  matter  the  cost  of  it  .

           avery  is  also  ,  despite  popular  belief  ,  incredibly  loyal  .  he’s  not  opposed  to  sleeping  with  strangers  ,  but  when  he’s  committed  to  something  ,  he’s  in  it  wholeheartedly  until  he  loses  interest  or  for  whatever  reason  he  can’t  anymore  .  but  ,  getting  close  to  avery  is  very  difficult  .  with  him  being  a  secretive  individual  ,  he  tends  to  hide  his  thoughts    &    feelings  so  as  a  result  ,  can  come  across  as  being  quite  fickle  .  he’s  a  man  who  knows  what  he  wants  in  terms  of  his  career    &    lifestyle  ,  but  in  terms  of  everything  else  ,  he’s  still  not  sure  what  exactly  he’s  searching  for  .  he’s  an  aimless  wanderer  ,  meaning  he  travels  a  lot  in  order  to  gain  more  knowledge  .  be  it  in  food  or  culture  in  general  ,  avery  is  always  keen  to  learn  something  new    &    bring  it  home  to  share  with  everyone  else    (    or  those  who  he  feels  are  deserving  ,  that  is    )    .

𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃  𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒  .

           𝖎  .  𝐭𝐡𝐞  𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭  𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝  :  avery  isn’t  the  best  at  making  friends  but  this  person  is  the  one  avery  is  closest  to  .  honestly  ,  i  imagine  them  to  have  the  same  dynamic  as  nick    &    schmidt  from  new  girl    ??    this  person  has  probably  seen  a  side  to  avery  that  very  little  people  have  seen  before    &    is  one  of  the  only  people  he  can  relax  around    !

           𝖎𝖎  .  𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞  /  𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫  :  listen    !    these  are  my  favourite  sort  of  plots  because  i  feel  like  they  can  be  go  in  so  many  different  directions    &    i  just  love  them  so  much    ??    i  feel  like  with  avery  being  such  a  difficult  person  to  get  along  with  ,  it’d  be  interesting  to  see  how  he’d  live  with  /  next  to  someone  else    !    brownie  points  if  they  just  moved  in    &    it’s  all  awks  .

            𝖎𝖎𝖎  .  𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬  𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡  𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬  :  ok  hear  me  out  ...  avery  can  be  quite  insufferable    &    more  often  than  not  finds  a  way  to  bicker  about  anything    &    everything  .  anyway  ,  these  two  pick  fights  about  almost  everything    &    as  the  tension  builds  up  everything  gets  foggier  the  more  angry  they  get  then  ...  u  Know  how  the  story  ends  .  ‘  this  is  the  last  time  ’  they  say  ten  million  times  .

           𝖎𝖛  .  𝐩𝐫  𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩  :  i  don’t  mean  like  justin    &    hailey  ‘  let’s  pretend  we’re  married  ’  sorta  vibes  .  imagine  them  going  out  on  fake  dates  ,  been  spotted  out  in  public  holding  hands  ,  whoever  set  them  out  to  do  this  thought  it  was  a  brilliant  idea  but  they  might  have  different  thoughts  .  brownie  points  if  they  hate  each  other  .  extra  brownie  points  if  they  can’t  tell  anyone  about  it  .

            𝖛  .  𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠  𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞  𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩  :  god  i  literally  love  this  connection  so  SO  much  .  avery  p  much  lost  his  siblings  so  give  him  SOMEONE  to  be  protective  over    &    care  for  ok  i  would  DIE  my  heart  is  soft  .  let  them  be  confiding  watching  comedy  movies  all  day    &    fighting  over  who  gets  the  remote  .  how  sweet  :’)

           𝖛𝖎  .  𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬  :  an  iconic  connection  that  Never  gets  old  .  these  two  do  not  get  on  ,  for  whatever  reason  they  go  together  like  chalk    &    cheese    &    are  always  fighting  about  something  .  their  interactions  consist  of  them  constantly  wanting  to  one - up  each  other    &    it’s  like  a  battle  of  who  can  win  this  time  .

#promintro. #leukemia tw #death tw #drugs tw #alcohol tw #◟ 𝓪.𝔂. ┈ ´ › 𝐢’𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒑. ╱ ooc. #i was gonna do an extra ass graph but i am ..... Lazy #anyway here we Are !! agdjgj #if u click where it says ‘excited’ there’s a surpris :)

[majesticmarais]

tag game woohoo

tagged by the lovely @treegelbman

Last…

drink: coke!

phone call: my friend Brianna last night

text message: i think it was my boyfriend?? or one of my friends

song you listened to: sweater weather by the neighbourhood (i know #basic)

time you cried: LAST NIGHT

Ever…

dated someone twice: no actually and very thankfully

kissed someone and regretted it: yes LOL, only once though

been cheated on: nope!

lost someone special: yeah, multiple

been depressed: yeah i would definitely say that i have

gotten drunk and thrown up: i’ve done it once but it wasn’t actually because of the alcohol, it was another reason but i was drunk and ended up throwing up so technically yes but they weren’t correlated 

fav colour: i have lots! purple or red or royal blue i’d say

In The Last Year Have You…

made new friends: yes i have!! ones i am very grateful for

fallen out of love: no :)

laughed until you cried: this is me on a regular basis so most definitely yes

found out someone was talking about you: LOL YOU DONT EVEN KNOW, oh yeah

met someone who change you: i would say yes

found out who your friends are: i did indeed

kissed someone on your facebook friends list: LOL yes

General…

how many of your facebook friends do you know irl: i think all of them except for like 2 internet friends from a few years ago and one family member who i’ve never actually met lol

do you have any pets: a doggie!!

do you want to change your name: no not really

what did you do for your last birthday: lol well considering it just passed, i spent the day with my boyfriend, brothers, and some friends and had some dinner and ice cream, and last night i had all my friends over for a party!!

what were you doing at midnight last night: partying with my friendos

what is something you cant wait for: uhhhmm for the semester to be over LOL

what are you listening to right now: Robbers by the 1975

have you ever talked to a person named tom: i don’t think so actually??

something that gets on your nerves: people who walk really slow, hypocrites, and people who are really self centered and dont care about anyone

most visited website: tumblr i think

hair colour: iss brown

long or short hair: pretty short it’s a bit above shoulder length

do you have a crush on someone: yeah ;))

what do i like about yourself: my big heart

want any piercings: a nose ring or a septum

blood type: i think i’m O neg?

nicknames: A, lil red, Auttie, Fall

relationship status: taken :)

zodiac: virgo!

pronouns: she/her

fave tv show: probably this is us, or the fosters or degrassi or gilmore girls or greys, i love lots of shows

tattoos: none:(

right or left handed: rightie!

ever had surgery: on my teeth, i guess that counts?

piercings: just my lobes

sport: dance!!

vacation: is this favorite vacation or somewhere i want to go?? my favorite vacation was to Costa Rica!

More general…

eating: sour patch kids

drinking: nothing although i want water

about to watch: nothing, maybe some youtube later

waiting for: idk?? nothing?

want: my boyfriend to get out of the shower and come cuddle

get married: yeah!

career: homicide detective hopefully

Which Is Better…

hugs or and kisses

lips or eyes

shorter or taller

older or younger

nice arms or stomach

hookup or relationship

troublemaker or hesitant

have you ever

kissed a stranger: ...yes

drunk hard liquor: yup

lost glasses: YES ACTUALLY A FEW WEEKS AGO

turned someone down: yeah multiple times

sex on first date: no ma’am

broken someone’s heart: i don’t think so?

had your heart broken: yeah

been arrested: no!

cried when someone died: obviously?

fallen for a friend: HAHAH this tag game is coming for me

Do You Believe In…

yourself: sometimes

miracles: i like to think so

love at first sight: yes and no, not purely from looking at them but i think you can fall for someone after meeting them once

santa Claus: ALWAYS AND FOREVER

kiss on a first date: yeah i don’t see why not, some people make a big deal out of it but i don’t really care

angels: yes!

Others

best friends name: Skye

eye color: brown!

fave movie:I DONT KNOW ACTUALLY, I HATE THIS QUESTION

I tag: @samithepixie @yagirlcammmm @lilah-or-lily @daddy-avery and literally anyone who wants to do it just say i tagged you

[talizorahs]

AVERYYY

DOKI I LOVE YOU, YOU ARE SO VALID AND IM BLESSED THAT YOU SENT AN ASK THANK YOU

Full Name: avery jane couslandGender and Sexuality: female and straightPronouns: she/herEthnicity/Species: ferelden/humanBirthplace and Birthdate: avery was born in 9:10 dragon in the free marches.

Guilty Pleasures: she is a practised liar and thoroughly enjoys the weaving of a tale. this in no way makes what she says and does right. it’s certainly a guilty pleasure because she does feel bad for lying, she simply can’t stop doing it; compulsive lying.

Phobias: loss. this can be of people, of control, of control of people, etc.. she has high aversion to losing control or sight of what she wants and it is yet another thing that contributes to her downfall.

What They Would Be Famous For: she is famous and that is for her lies. how well she can weave a tail. to ferelden, she is the tragic young noble who lost her family to the corruption she was trying to stop in nobility. she embarks on a quest despite all the odds being against her, shutting down other evil in her wake, and then perishes to the ultimate evil before she can take the mantle of queen. these are all lies, of course, nobody but the party know how she is truly and what her intentions are as queen.

What They Would Get Arrested For: the real tale of her story, where she is a lying, murdering and tyrannical warden throwing a tantrum for not getting her way.

OC You Ship Them With: out of all my dragon age ocs, she isn’t shipped with anyway.

OC Most Likely To Murder Them: LMAO literally all of them, maybe with the exception to maria hawke, who would figure out a way to exploit and manipulate her. the most likely is probably alhorn lavellan or nolla tabris who would have NO time for her bullshit.

Favorite Movie/Book Genre: it would be a period dramas or murder mysteries, though for the latter she’s the type to skip to the last page.

Least Favorite Movie/Book Cliche: she’s not a fan of the unreal, dragon age’s version of fantasy or sci-fi. she already has everything she’s ever needed as a cousland - why would she need more in her leisure activities?

Talents and/or Powers: avery is a competent warrior, a wielder of a massive two-handed warrior. when she says, “talk shit get hit” she means it. it’s also worth noting the definition of “shit” which for her, is constantly changing, meaning she hits whatever she wants when she wants.

Why Someone Might Love Them: i want to say she literally has no redeeming qualities, but doki you still love her and i admire you. her ability to lie and deceive would make people love the version of her she is presenting. her ambition too, perhaps, which knows no bounds and does not stop at murder and genocide. questionable.

Why Someone Might Hate Them: i want you to imagine one of those contracts given to you, that roll out on the floor and out of the door. that’s why somebody might dislike her. all of the party do for their separate reasons but it mainly involves: she will murder, she will abuse her power, she will hurt others without remorse to get her way.

How They Change: she doesn’t. that is her key flaw and why she is killed in the battle of the archdemon. she had many opportunities to, and people around her who would help with this process, but she did not take up the opportunity. that is her fault and her fault along, to hold onto what she lost and be an absolute tyrant trying to get it back.

Why You Love Them: i do not support what avery chooses to do in origins, but i love her for the fact she’s conceited. i love creating devil’s advocate characters, avery was an extreme project in this regard, but she manifests well within origins canon. it was also interesting to consider the implications of classicism and its associated privilege in the dragon age universe.

THANK U DOKI FOR ASKING!!!!!! U ARE WONDERFUL

#dokimakura #answered #avery #ocs #bless u doki <3

[acuppellarp]

Welcome (again) to A Cup-pella, Julia! We’re excited to have you and Avery Thatcher in the game! Please go through the checklist to make sure you’re ready to go and send in your account within the next 24 hours.

OOC INFO

Name + pronouns: Julia, she/her Age: 20 Timezone: CST Activity level: 7/10 Ships: /chem Anti-Ships: /no chem

IC INFO

Full Name: Avery Amelia Thatcher Face Claim: troian bellisario Age/Birthday: 27. December 24th Personality: serious, intelligent, guarded, passionate, sociable Hometown: new haven, Connecticut Bio:

Avery grew up literally 20 minutes away from Yale University, to two very intelligent (and financially well off)parents, both professors in various departments at the ivy league college. While this meant she had cute little coffee shops, thrift stores, and all kinds of areas to study, it meant she had a plan to follow, practically given to her before she was even born. Of course, she didn’t mind that she’d more than likely end up at Yale one day. She was naturally smart, and her parents careers could possibly help her if she needed a boost. It would mean a lot of work, but it would also mean she’d end up easily hirable.

Her high school years were full of extra curriculars, extra tutoring sessions to keep herself at the top of her game, as well as tennis because she had to have layers and a strong list of activities to get in. She volunteered around town, and did whatever she could to get Yale to love her. It might seem like it was a fairytale, like she had it too easy, but after graduating at the top of her class, Yale did love her, and she got in. Her major of choice was pre law, and it was easy for her to go in this direction. It wasn’t until she took an into to anthropology class her second semester just for fun, that she fell in love with the subject, and decided to declare her major to that, instead. She lived at home with her parents still, and was under a watchful eye. They made sure she got her homework done (not that she ever wouldn’t), set rules of when she could go out or not, and hovered basically 99 percent of the time. Because of this, Avery focused solely on her degree, and not much else. She didn’t have time for many friends, much romance, or any hobbies.

Around her junior year of college, her dad was caught cheating with another professor. They got divorced right away, her mom left New Haven and moved to New York, her dad suddenly seemed to stop caring. At this point, so did Avery. She went a little wild– got a god awful tattoo of an anchor on her lower back, went to parties, and messed around with boys, girls, and everyone in between for the first time in her life. The sudden changes caused her grades to slip, and she graduated a year later than she should’ve. Still, she struggles with the ability to do her own thing on her own terms.

She stayed at Yale for her doctorate in anthropology, (but finally got her own place) and eventually finished it off by traveling to New Zealand to observe the native groups there. She spent two years over seas, threw herself into life in Native New Zealand, and moved to NYC following her return to the states. Adjusting back to life in America proved difficult, so she’s in the process of taking a year or so to write out all of what she observed and to money before she does anything else, and being a barista is just what she needs to mellow out a bit.

Pets: n/a Relationships:

Brittany Pierce, Rosin Flanigan, Kate Hummel: roommate’s. at first, she wasn’t too fond of living with such a unique group of people, but overtime, they seemed to click. She (surprisingly) spends a lot of time at home when she’s not at work, usually hunched over her laptop, and they give her enough entertainment that she doesn’t seriously go crazy from staring at notebooks of research all day.

aCup employees: if there’s anyone she’d ever actually consider dating, it would be one of them. her fellow baristas are all beautiful and they get along great, but of course, she’s not going to focus any of her energy on romance. Or maybe she will, but she’ll just pine for them quietly on her own.

EXTRA INFO

[ This is for the masterlist, but also a fun little way to get to know your character! ]

avery thatcher. @atatcher: anthropologist, barista. I’ve got a doctorate degree, if you’re into that.

Five latest tweets:

@athatcher: found 40 dollars in the pocket of this thrift shop leather jacket. I’m kind of overwhelmed. @athatcher: I don’t think I’ve drank this much wine since the previous presidential election. @athatcher: iced caramel macchiatos are kind of everything to me. @athatcher: no mom, I’m still single, still not pregnant, still not ready to have a family. #busy @athatcher: memes are hilarious??

#accepted #glee rp #oc rp

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terrarianresh

I know i’ve sent you like 4 things in the past 24 hours, but this is what I’m going to say for my english presentation and i’d like you to give some feedback (anyone else who sees this can too)

The reason I’ve chosen to do communications, is because communications has a diverse cast, featuring people who suffer from mental illnesses, and instead of representing these in a negative light, instead they are shown as the main characters of their stories.

for example, i will begin with case 1. case one features three characters, frances elsner, henry elsner, and nancy elsner, formerly nancy o'connell  (was that her name?)

the case begins with henry’s childhood. he experienced abuse from an early age from his mother, frances. due to frances’ achromatopsia, she couldn’t see colour, and it was quite hard for her to live on her own.

as soon as he could, henry married his childhood friend nancy, who had synesthesia. nancy found that henry’s voice was black and white.

previously, the story stated that nancy killed henry when he tried to run due to an emotional dependency on henry, and noticing how easily he managed to cut frances off from his life, fearing that he would do the same to her.

then, after a while of being teased by the radio, hearing the black and white of henry’s voice, hung herself.

however, ghost is changing the story, due to the fact that it sounds like nancy’s emotional dependency and mental state is the reason why she killed henry, and that she’s “crazy lololol”. instead of henry managing to cut frances off, frances plays a literal game of telephone with the couple, telling nancy that henry is contemplating divorce due to her clinginess, and telling henry that nancy is dangerously clingy and overbearing.

this causes awkwardness between the two, which eventually becomes too much. henry runs, this time his plan thought out, leaving a note behind for nancy so she knows why he’s run.

however, nancy doesn’t understand how frances had used her year of “nice mom treatment” as a coverup for her atrocities and took everything out on herself, further believing what frances had told her.

while out on his “vacation” henry gains the confidence to call frances out, and frances lets something slip, so henry immediately returns home. this is where either nancy could have hung herself, or she could still be alive.

case 2 features 2 main characters, kennith and stephanie. following with the cast having a diverse amount of what would be considered “problems”, kennith has bpd, abuses alcohol and drugs, self harms, and due to the fact that he’s gay in the 1970s and 1980s, suffers from a lot of bullying. stephanie, who doesn’t have this veritable plethora of problems, is deaf, and became so progressively through the course of high school.

case 2 begins with kennith performing the COLORBARS broadcast, a broadcast specifically designed to brainwash america using finely tuned frequencies and pulsating imagery, something that is actually possible.

prior to this, kennith and stephanie’s friendship turned sour after miscommunication on both their parts, and due to the fact of stephanie being kennith’s fp, and him being dependant on their friendship, turned him to do the broadcast.

since stephanie’s deaf, she isn’t affected by the broadcast, and she tries to get help for kennith.

the broadcast lasted for 24 hours, and kennith had originally planned to perform mass suicide, making everyone in america kill themselves due to the fact that no one seemed to care about him, even making people watching the broadcast experience these emotions.. however, as the hours ticked past, kennith became unsure of himself, and eventually ended the broadcast by slitting his own wrists

unfortunately, by the time stephanie had gotten help to him, he was dead.

now i’ll reach case 3. case 3 features 3 characters again, bri, avery and simon.

bri is an autistic, nonbinary lesbian, who’s special interest is photography. avery, is a bisexual black teenager and is going out with bri (after bri offered to teach her about photography).

now, you’re probably expecting simon to have some sort of complex mental illness, but…

he doesn’t.

hes just a bigot

case 3 begins with bri, posting edited images of herself and the area around her onto a forum, where she gets harrassed for never posting actual pictures of herself.

simon, being a hacker,  hacks into her webcam and takes pictures of her, before posting them on the forum.

bri gets excessive amounts of harrassment and hate from this, and she completely cuts off from the internet, locking herself in her room and eventually starving to death.

avery, being bri’s girlfriend, finds out about this and contacts simon, knowing him to be the one who posted the pictures of bri.

they agree to meet atop a tall building, and they try to have a civil discussion about what had been going on, however, simon being like that had brought a gun, and when avery reached out as she was getting angry at him, he shot her.

she grabbed hold of his shoulder before falling from the building, dragging simon with her, to their deaths.

then comes case 4. case 4 features just one character, known around the fandom as [Spoilers]. Spoilers is cynical, sarcastic, bitter and spiteful, and occasionally goes into periods of intense dissociation and numbness. they are revealed to be the Storyteller, the one who had created communications as entertainment, however, the audience was really the ones who made the story come to life. Their motives for this are unknown, perhaps to raise awareness for people living with mental illnesses and those minority groups who are often oppressed, but that cannot be confirmed.

HEYA first of all sorry that i was offline, i was spendin yesterday w my qpp!!!! :00

second of all, this is rlly good!!!!!! there are only a Few small errors i spotted:

- bri is nb and uses they/them pronouns, plus theyre biromo and not sure abt their sexuality!!!

- avery is a lesbian who also isnt sure abt her sexuality

- bri also gets Doxxed tm by simon i believe!!! dont trust me Fully but from what i can remember :00

otherwise this looks rlly good!!!! the things i mentioned are Small Details which i only know bc Hyperfixation™ but otherwise this is lookin rlly rlly good!!!!!! :00

#text #submission #ableism ment // #death ment // #self harm ment // #murder ment // #suicide ment // #abuse ment // #long post #communicationsbyghost spoilers #communications spoilers #spoilers

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Avery Martin

Hi! I’m specifically interested in finding out if she is three-dimensional enough to not be considered “the token black girl” in my story. She (and Sana, coming up next) are side characters whose relationship is meant to inspire the progression of the leads (who are white).

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Name: Avery Martin

Gender: Gender non-conforming (uses she/her pronouns)

Sexual Orientation: Lesbian

Age: 17

Occupation: Student/Flutist

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Group/Organizational Affiliations: Juilliard Orchestra (or Generica equivalent, still working on setting details)

Family: Parents, twin brother

Best Friends: Carly (one of the leads - white), Kemen (another in their group of friends - Basque Spanish)

Relationship Status: Single to Dating

Significant Other: Sana

Height: 5'4

Weight: 130lbs

Build: The skinny side of lean

Skin Tone: Black

Hair: Naturally black/curly (currently fading from being dyed red), dreadlocks

Eyes: Brown

Personality: Boisterous

Motivations: Enjoying the moment

Current Goal: Be with Sana, whatever the means

Life Goal: Making a living as a musician, having a small family (just her, Sana, maybe some pets)

Motto: “You only live once.”

Best Quality: Fearlessness

Worst Quality: Impulsive

Fears: Underwater things (logs/deep sea fish), Sana breaking up with her

Hobbies: TV, video games

Talents: Music (she feels behind compared to her peers but at the end of the day she IS in this renowned orchestra and only 17)

Skills: Thinking on her feet/quick thinking (not making stuff up, she just genuinely thrives under pressure)

Secret: She’s actually pretty good at cooking, but pretends not to be so that Kemen will do it.

Influential Memory: When her family revealed they had saved enough for her to go to school, even though it was expensive and she didn’t make the cut for a scholarship.

Role Model: Her friends and family, she aspires to be like anyone who’s a hard worker

Crush: Sana

Source of Embarrassment: Usually the impulsive thing she just did two seconds ago. Embarrassment doesn’t last long though.

Source of Pride: Knowing that whatever happens, she made her own choices. She takes pride in her independence, not always following the rules, and carving her own path.

Backstory:

Avery comes from a lower-middle class family - born and raised in New York City. Her father is a police officer, and her mother is a nurse. They didn’t expect to have twins, and so money has always been tight while growing up. But there’s a lot of love and closeness in her family, and in Avery’s eyes she never wanted for anything.

She loved music, even though she wasn’t a ‘natural talent’ (unlike Carly - a genius prodigy with the means to pursue it at a young age). Avery got to where she is through hard work, practice, and display of her skills. But when the financial strain became a problem - especially after not qualifying for a scholarship - Avery was gifted with savings from both her parents and her brother so that she could follow her dream. Since then, she has continued her hard working streak - only now she has Carly as a rival and best friend.

They, along with Kemen, used to live at school in the dorms, but the trio was broken up when Carly returned to upstate Connecticut for her betrothal (main plot). It’s at a party hosted by Nicole’s family (whom Carly is to marry, and share a business arrangement with) that she meets Sana - who is part of Nicole’s group of friends. It’s love at first sight, and they begin dating that night. Avery is a poetic soul. Throughout the story, she fiercely defends her love for Sana and - after Sana is outed and essentially grounded by her family - literally climbs a tree up to her window to run away together.

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Critical Moment in the Story That I’m Concerned About: From a narrative standpoint, Avery’s role is to push Carly to go after her own love. She and Sana start their relationship quickly, going with the flow of it, which is used to show Carly that she shouldn’t overthink things. Do you think this falls into the trope of “Black best friend”? While she and Sana occur throughout the story, this isn’t their story.

*I’m also afraid that people will think their story is deserving of more time. But I’ve planned it out and there’s no way to do this without it being “useless information” in the big picture of the main story. So, in the form of a character related question: How can I make them multi-dimensional enough to not be tokens, but without making them so interesting the readers will be mad that a “better story with POC” was overshadowed by a “lesser” story with white leads?

Would it be pandering if I wrote a side story after the main one for them?

Hello! I’m Kim, and I’ll be reviewing both of your profiles. I usually don’t qualify what I say in these critiques, but for this I think it’s important: I’m Chinese American, and I grew up in a predominantly white area, although there was a decent Chinese American population. I want to address your explicit concerns first.

I don’t know much about the main narrative, but having a black woman as “inspiration” for a white woman is going to be problematic no matter how you spin it because it’s so loaded with cultural history. The black best friend trope typically paints black women as loud, sassy, and only there to give quick quips and one-liners for the benefit of the main white character. The black best friend doesn’t get much in return, and that power imbalance within the relationship is what feeds into the racist nature of the trope. However, black people are friends with white people. The difference between these real, healthy friendships and the black best friend trope is that healthy friendships are on even ground. Friends affect one another’s decisions and personalities, but it goes both ways, and they usually aren’t the sole “inspiration” for each other to change. Painting them as such also hints at the “magical negro” trope, where a black person is pure and inspirational, enriching a white person’s life in some way.

When it comes to balancing this subplot with the main plot, the only advice I can really give you is to write your white characters and their plot arc well. One of the problems a lot of people of color have with white narratives overshadowing POC narratives is that the white narratives are dull, stereotypical, and stories that we’ve seen time and time again. Because on top of the enormous issue of representation, it hurts being told over and over that these derivative stories that quite often lack nuance or compelling characters are more worthy than any of our stories.

If you want to avoid tokenism, don’t make them tokens. Write other people of color. Write diversity of thought and belief and motivation within your diverse characters. Even if these characters don’t live near Avery or hang out with her when she’s around her white friends, they can still exist within the story.

As for pandering, you have to face the uncomfortable question of why you’re writing their story. Are you writing it because you feel guilty? Are you writing it so that people don’t accuse you of being racist? Are you doing it because you genuinely want to tell their story? If so, then why are they being relegated to a side story?

Getting into the profile itself, is she seventeen at the beginning of this story but older by the end? Because if she’s seventeen throughout, it’s possible that she’s in college if she skipped a year, but I’m surprised that someone in her friend group is going to get married. I also have a lot of trouble believing that she would run away with Sana, despite her impulsiveness, but more about that later. 

When it comes to her relationships, how does she interact with different people? Does she rein herself in around her parents? If not, how do her parents react to her impulsive nature? What is her relationship with her brother like? Playful? Competitive? Both? Jumping ahead slightly, no one’s personality can be completely summarized by a single word. She may be boisterous most of the time, but how does it manifest, and how does it change based on the situation she’s in and the people she’s around? What brings her down? Is there any dissonance between how she feels and how she acts? Similarly, no one is singly motivated. You also focus on an intrinsic motivation, but what about external motivations? Does she feel a sense of loyalty to her family? To her culture? How does her gender and sexuality inform her actions?

Going back to her appearance, she is black, and ebony skin does exist, but is that what you meant? If not, then be more specific of the shade. Also, keep in mind that colorism exists and affects people’s perceptions of themselves and others. As for her hair, how does she style it? Does she wear them down? Tie them back? Does she like to experiment or does she have a default hairstyle? More generally, you don’t give many details about her appearance. What does her face look like, beyond her eye color? What shape are they? Are they set far apart? Does she have a flat nose, or a thinner, more Caucasian nose? How does she feel about these features, especially in a white-dominated area? Does she have to deal with any fetishization?

It’s interesting that you mention one of her fears being Sana breaking up with her. She seems like a very happy go lucky character, but Sana grounds her to the point where she fears losing her, and exploring that dynamic would be very interesting and, I think, fruitful. Also, is her fear of underwater things related to the historical fear that black people, at least in America, have of water?

As for her source of embarrassment, even if she can brush them off quickly in the moment, do they ever come back to haunt her? Especially once she meets Sana, does she start reflecting more on the things that she’s done?

Getting into her backstory, where did her parents get the money? Has it put any strain on their relationship, insomuch as Avery feeling like she owes her parents success? Also, how does her brother feel about her getting this money? You also gloss over Sana being outed even though that’s a huge moment in her life and Avery’s. Who did it, and how has Sana been affected? How does Avery react? You say she wants to run away with Sana, but I have trouble believing that even someone who’s more impulsive can set aside the enormous risk of doing this. She has things that ground her in her life (music, family, school, etc.), so you’re going to have to explain why she’s ready to drop everything for Sana. Also, she’s very young, and while LGBTQIA+ kids do unfortunately have to run away to escape homophobic families, does she have a plan to support herself and keep herself safe? Running away with one another is a very romantic trope for heterosexual couples, but it takes on a new dynamic for LGBTQIA+ people escaping homophobia.

If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask. I’m more than happy to help in any way that I can! Best of luck writing!

Yours, Kim

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