...basic information....

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...background....

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...occupation & income....

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...skills & abilities....

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...physical appearance & characteristics....

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...psychology....

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...mannerisms....

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...biography....

character biography goes here.

...basic information....

FULL NAME: felicity renee pierce
NICKNAME(S): cece
BIRTH DATE: july 12
MAIN VERSE AGE: 28
ZODIAC: cancer
GENDER: female
PRONOUNS: she/her
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic (unexplored)
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual (unexplored)

...background....

EDUCATION LEVEL: high school graduate for an elite academy for the arts, completed finishing school
FATHER: bernard pierce. an infamous wealthy businessman, bernard is a man with no appreciation for frivolities. he cared for felicity a great deal when she was a child, but had little interest in her as she grew older. cece is currently no contact with her father.
MOTHER: brigitte pierce. a french-american socialite, brigitte placed a lot of emphasis on appearances. she and felicity were close, but ultimately she valued the family's reputation more than felicity's wellbeing. cece is currently no contact with her mother.
SIBLING(S): vincent pierce, her older brother. he was the only family member who loved her unconditionally, and he raised her in aspects of life that her parents refused to.
PET(S): a doberman named orion who she adopted from a shelter she had volunteered at. he was rescued from a puppy mill along with four others in his litter. they already had cropped ears and docked tails.
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: her estranged husband, hugo richelieu. the son of wealthy family friends, hugo and felicity were set up at a very young age. it was never really a choice, they were always intended to be married to each other even though their personalities weren't very compatible. felicity has never been with anyone else.
ARRESTS?: never.
PRISON TIME?: never.

...occupation & income....

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: hugo. in exchange for felicity keeping quiet about his indiscretions and her hospital stay, hugo pays the rent in her new apartment and allows her to continue using his credit and debit cards. he is from extremely old money, so it's of no consequence to him.
SECONDARY SOURCE OF INCOME: teaching ballet at the local theater and choreographing for shows when needed.
CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: felicity loves her job. ballet has always been her escape, and she tries her best to shape the young dancers into healthy ballerinas.
PAST JOB(S): felicity was not permitted to have a job, as she was expected to mind the home instead. however, she frequently volunteered at her local animal shelter.
SPENDING HABITS: felicity isn't reckless with her spending. she indulges, sure, but never to her detriment (it would be no easy feat, anyway, seeing as hugo has more than enough money to burn). she enjoys understated designer clothes and bags, as well as collecting vinyl records.

...skills & abilities....

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: 6/10. she is toned & has ample lower body strength, but lacks in upper body strength.
SPEED: 8/10
INTELLIGENCE: 9/10
STAMINA: 9/10. years of dance and going on runs has contributed to this.
TEAMWORK: 10/10. she will generally go with the flow and rarely complains even when dealt a shit hand.
TALENTS: dancing, baking, cooking, homemaking, hosting.
SHORTCOMINGS: passive, martyrish, neglectful of her own well-being
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english, french, italian. upon her request her parents hired tutors for her to learn the other languages before her honeymoon in europe.

...physical appearance & characteristics....

primary FACE CLAIM: hannah dodd
ALTERNATE FACE CLAIM (available upon request): elizabeth lail, taylor swift
EYE COLOR: blue
HAIR COLOR: blonde
HAIR TYPE/STYLE: shoulder-length layers, slightly wavy, silky
GLASSES/CONTACTS?: none
DOMINANT HAND: right
HEIGHT: 5'9
WEIGHT: it feels wrong to disclose this as she has an eating disorder. so use your imagination
BUILD: waiflike
EXERCISE HABITS: ballet and heavy cardio daily, regular runs in the morning
TATTOOS: none
PIERCINGS: ears
MARKS/SCARS: self harm scars on her upper thighs. these are always covered with opaque tights.
NOTABLE FEATURES: soft features, gentle voice

...psychology....

MORAL ALIGNMENT: neutral good
MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: anorexia nervosa, mild obsessive compulsive disorder
SOCIABILITY: moderate/high
EMOTIONAL STABILITY: moderate/high
OBSESSION(S): her weight
PHOBIA(S): none
ADDICTION(S): nicotine. she smokes cigarettes (her brand is gauloise)
DRUG USE: phentermine, regularly to help curb appetite and increase energy.
ALCOHOL USE: the occasional glass or two of red wine. she's never been drunk before.
PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: no

...mannerisms....

ACCENT: very slight chicago accent
QUIRKS: to be determined
HOBBIES: dance, listening to music, reading, training her dog
HABITS: to be determined
NERVOUS TICKS: picking at the skin of her thumb, chewing the inside of her cheek
DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: figuring out who she is, following her passions as much as possible
FEARS: her husband (he's never laid hands on her before but she doesn't doubt that he would)
POSITIVE TRAITS: kind, empathetic, maternal, gentle
NEGATIVE TRAITS: guarded, weak-willed, inhibited
DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: no, only rarely.

• verses.

...biography....

felicity was never one to be described as particularly strong willed. it was easy to just tune out, do as you’re told, when you grow up in a house like the pierces’. generational wealth comes with some stipulations: so called ‘traditional values’. as a child, she was happy. she had no point of comparison, how could she complain? at least her parents were present – too many kids in her family’s social circle were pawned off onto nannies. despite being a daddy’s girl as a small child, once felicity turned 13 and began to ‘become a woman’ her father, bernard, seemed to not know how to interact with her. he became indifferent, and she let him. she and her mother were very close in her younger years, with brigitte imparting as much ‘wifely wisdom’ as possible to set her daughter up for her version of success.the only time she was allowed to truly be a child was with her older brother, vincent. six years her senior, vinnie looked out for her from the very beginning. he was the only person who loved felicity unconditionally, and coaxed her out of her timidness. he did his best to break the mold their parents had set for them, at the cost of his own safety. bernard was a repressed man with a high-stress career, and every now and then that resulted in violence. it was always directed at vinnie. always. if bernard ever got upset with felicity, vinnie would intervene and bear the weight of his anger and hands. felicity violenced herself often enough without her father’s rage.other than vinnie, the only real constant in her life was ballet. out of all the feminine pastimes her parents pressured her into, that was where she blossomed. they put her in a small, elite academy for gifted art students, sheltered from the real world and instead thrust headfirst into the world of dance. the ballet girls, a group of 8, became a sort of clique. it was no surprise: when you dance in a company, you become irrevocably bonded to the people around you. you share your blood, sweat and tears. you’re together for hours and hours, every day. these bonds, though deep and true, can be tinged with toxicity: it’s easy to enable each other when you have similar goals. after all, ballerinas have to be rail thin and graceful. it’s almost impossible to maintain without help. restriction became a illness, an obsessive thing, spreading through the company like a contagion. a sickness you can never recover from. the first time felicity was put into inpatient treatment, she was thirteen. her mother, despite having passively encouraged felicity’s eating disorder, actively voiced her disgust even as she began her recovery journey. she got out fairly quickly, but only because she was determined to get back into the studio.felicity once had dreams of juilliard or the paris opera ballet school. she was certainly talented enough, and money was no issue. unfortunately, that was deemed far too independent by her parents. after all, she was never intended to have a career. she was meant, like her mother before her, to be a wife and have a family. at sixteen years old, her parents introduced her to hugo richelieu, the nineteen-year-old son of a family friend. a wealthy family, impressive education, established career…. a promising future. felicity never had a choice. but she convinced herself to love him, smiled in all the photos and held her tongue like a lady should.by the time she was twenty two, they were married. she learned to see the good in hugo, and did genuinely love him. he seemed to love her, too, though there were walls she just couldn’t seem to break down. he traveled frequently for work, and was gone more often than not. it was suspicious, but felicity didn’t say a word. she turned a blind eye to a lot of things: it’s not very wifely to rock the boat. brigitte would say, no one wants a woman who starts confrontation. instead, cece focused on the things she could control. ballet was her religion, and she worshipped daily. she also found joy in her home, both in decor and in hosting dinner parties and other small events for the stuffy, wealthy group of friends hugo brought into her life.eventually, the house of cards fell apart. years of ballet had been taxing on her mind and body, coupled with her restriction issues. after almost two years of trying unsuccessfully for a baby, the young couple finally went to a fertility doctor only to confirm felicity’s dreaded fear: she wasn’t able to have a baby. any attempts to find comfort in her husband went unanswered. she had immediately suggested adoption or fostering to no avail. not only had she lost the future family she always dreamed of, but she lost a part of her husband that day, too.as she mourned the children she would never raise and the mother she would never become, hugo became almost disgusted by her. he could hardly bear to look at her: like she was less of a person for not being able to give him a child. intimacy ceased almost completely, and when it did happen his newfound distaste for her body was obvious. it felt like she lost her worth as a woman, and the more she brutalized her own body the less he seemed to care about her. the look on his face when he saw fresh bandages over the thin white scars on her upper thighs has been burned into her brain ever since. no pity of sympathy. just revulsion. maybe even hatred. so she did her best with what she had. felicity never nagged, never questioned hugo or his choices. she stayed quiet in hopes he would come back to her one day and return to being the man she loved.five years later, at 27 years old, she still waited patiently for that man to come home, like a child waiting by the door. one june morning, she’s delighted to see a voicemail from hugo. she was almost giddy over the fact that he was thinking of her. of course, it was too good to be true. it was an accidental phone call, muffled and staticy, but the voices are clear enough. a woman, and worse yet: a child, calling out for hugo. calling out for his father. the cold, unforgiving truth was laid bare without hugo even noticing. he had started a family with another woman.as anyone would do when their world has just been shattered irreparably, the first thing felicity did was call her mother. cold as the woman was, she was still a mother and felicity feverishly hoped she could offer some words of comfort, wisdom, or reassurance. unfortunately, brigitte was not that kind of woman. so when her daughter called her, sobbing unrestrainedly, she brushed it off as simple dramatics. oh, felicity. it’s really not that big of a deal. your father has cheated on me at least a half - dozen times, and look how happy we are! besides, i don’t know what you expected. the man wanted a child. it’s unspoken, but the words hang heavy in the air: and you can’t give him that. felicity agreed before meekly hanging up the phone.everything after that happened in a haze. she paced their large, empty home all day, listening to the tape over and over. ruminating intensely. driving her own anxiety up until she hit a breaking point. with her favorite record on autoplay, she scrubbed the place spotless, from the baseboards to the crown molding and everything in between. then she wrote two letters: a thirteen page one to vinnie, and a four page one to her parents. with everything in order, felicity attempted suicide.the next thing she remembers is her mother’s shrill screams of what have you done? you stupid girl!. the ambulance was called, and ultimately felicity was okay. humiliated beyond belief and lacking any real support from her parents, she knew something needed to change. she couldn’t die, but she couldn’t keep living like this either. the scariest thing she ever did was file for divorce. hugo put his fist through a wall when he found out, and she argued with him over the phone for hours. a divorce would be socially detrimental to him, but apparently not as detrimental as them finding out about him having a bonus family while his loyal wife waited for him at home. ultimately, they struck a deal: felicity would move to the same town as her brother and not tell any of their chicago friends what had transpired, and hugo would continue to fund her life as he had been since they got married. however, before she could begin to prepare for her move, her parents had her involuntarily admitted to a local psych ward.she’ll never forgive them for dumping her off when all she wanted was love and support from her family, but her time there was surprisingly helpful. during her stay she made several breakthroughs with her outlook on herself and in life. however, once she moved, the lack of control she felt began to manifest in the form of a relapse in her disordered eating, something that she hadn’t backslid into in several years.she now begins her journey of self-discovery, building a life for herself that is truly hers.

...verse one....

this verse takes place when cece is still actively married to hugo and unaware (or rather unwilling to accept) his infidelity. she is a socialite, miserable & beautiful as she cares for a home that is empty save for her pup.

...verse two. (main)...

what it says on the tin. this verse takes place after the events described in felicity's biography. this will be the default verse that interactions will happen in.

...good wives always know verse....

this is cece's crime verse. she had always known that her family was unusual, but since she was the second-born pierce child and a woman, she was not privy to any details about the so called old money that funded her entire world. the responsibility of the family business was left on her older brother's shoulders, and he couldn't handle it. vincent left the country when he was 21 and cece was 16, leaving her parents in a scramble. her relationship and subsequent marriage to hugo richelieu was an effort by her parents to ensure their illicit businesses would be in good hands. the richelieus were a prominent crime family in their own right and the marriage between cece and hugo cemented an unprecedented partnership. cece is aware that something untoward happens behind the scenes, but she knows better to ask questions. instead she intentionally turns the other cheek and just tries to enjoy the life that has been provided to her (even though she's miserable).

...wasted youth verse....

this verse explores cece's youth, specifically between the ages of 14-20. she attends an elite academy for the arts with a focus in ballet, although from ages fifteen to sixteen she deferred from the school to go into in-patient treatment for her eating disorder. she graduated at 18 with a high school diploma. shortly after her graduation she attends finishing school and begins to officially date hugo. secretly, felicity is holding out hope that she'll be allowed to pursue a career in ballet though her parents will hear nothing of the sort. she struggles a lot with her family dynamic, as her brother would have just moved out and her parents full attention would have been put on her. most of the time where she is not in the ballet studio or in class, she is losing herself in books and music as a way to escape the pressure. she is painfully shy but very intelligent -- and ever so polite.please note that in this verse cece's faceclaim will be elle fanning.

...stranger things au....

this verse's exclusive eddie munson is eddie.in the summer of 1985, felicity renee richelieu’s life fell apart. deciding to leave chicago (and her unfaithful husband) behind, cece packed her things and moved to hawkins, indiana to be closer to her brother vincent, who is a mechanic in town. in return for felicity not exposing hugo’s infidelity to their social circle and remaining married to him, hugo agreed to fund felicity’s new life. he purchased her a large home in hawkins and she settled in nicely, but not without notice of the town gossips. desperate to get out of the eerily quiet house and looking for something to pour her energy into, felicity applied for a home economics position at hawkins high and was quickly accepted. there, she blossomed: her gentle & kind demeanor made her classroom a safe haven to struggling kids, and for the first time cece felt as though she was fulfilling her purpose in life.teachers aren’t supposed to play favorites, but her heart went out to one student in particular: eddie munson. reminding her thoroughly of her brother’s younger years, cece quickly stepped into a mentorship role for eddie and encouraged his education, even taking time out to tutor the boy in subjects he was struggling in. it looked like he was on track to graduate, as well -- until his beloved uncle & guardian passed away, leaving eddie spiraling . it only took one visit to the boy’s trailer for cece to offer one of her spare rooms to him in exchange for the promise of taking his next senior year seriously.cece sees eddie as a son, and as such opens her home regularly to the rest of the gang. dnd games are always welcome to be hosted in her ornate dining room (complete with food she’ll whip up just for the kiddos), and if the kids ever need a listening ear or a shoulder to cry on she is there to support them without judgement. she’s viewed as a bit of a pushover by most of hawkins high, but she’s slowly coming into her own as an authority figure.please note that in this verse she still has her husband’s last name, and is usually called mrs. richelieu (or mrs. richie by the gang or students who have taken a liking to her).

...more to be announced!...

...basic information....

FULL NAME: love adeline quinn
NICKNAME(S): lovey
BIRTH DATE: august 11
MAIN VERSE AGE: 26
ZODIAC: leo
GENDER: cis female
PRONOUNS: she/her
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual

...background....

EDUCATION LEVEL: culinary school graduate
FATHER: ray quinn. a cold man who has little interest in his children, especially forty. he's come to expect disappointment from the twins and as such does not care much for what is going on in their lives.
MOTHER: dottie quinn. toxic and narcissistic, dottie holds a deep resentment towards love due to jealousy. forty relied almost exclusively on love since their parents were not very involved in their childhood, and dottie despises love for this.
SIBLING(S): forty quinn. deceased in main verse. love's twin brother, they have a codependent relationship and are not able to function without the other.
PET(S): a king charles spaniel named daisy.
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: james kennedy, deceased. love's late first husband. joe quinn-goldberg, deceased. love's late second husband.
ARRESTS?: none
PRISON TIME?: none

...occupation & income....

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: trust fund/family wealth
SECONDARY SOURCE OF INCOME: bakery owner
CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: love loves her job. owning a bakery was the most fulfilling thing she ever did, and it's something she's very proud of.
SPENDING HABITS: to be determined

...skills & abilities....

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: 7/10
SPEED: 9/10
INTELLIGENCE: 8/10
STAMINA: 6/10
TEAMWORK: 4/10
TALENTS:
SHORTCOMINGS:
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english

...physical appearance & characteristics....

FACE CLAIM: victoria pedretti
EYE COLOR: blue
HAIR COLOR: brown
HAIR TYPE/STYLE: silky, wavy and long. frequently worn down, or clipped back with a claw clip
GLASSES/CONTACTS?: none
DOMINANT HAND: right
HEIGHT: 5'3
WEIGHT: 130 lbs
BUILD: average, soft, sturdy
EXERCISE HABITS: pilates sessions twice a week
TATTOOS: to be determined
PIERCINGS: earlobes, helix
MARKS/SCARS: to be determined
NOTABLE FEATURES: soft features, wide smile, bright disposition

...psychology....

MORAL ALIGNMENT: chaotic neutral
MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: borderline personality disorder, attachment disorder, ptsd,
SOCIABILITY: high
EMOTIONAL STABILITY: low
OBSESSION(S): her brother, anyone she falls in love with
PHOBIA(S): losing her loved ones.
ADDICTION(S): none
DRUG USE: none
ALCOHOL USE: moderate, she enjoys wine but actual inebriation is infrequent.
PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: very.

...mannerisms....

ACCENT: los angeles accent, faint but recognizable.
QUIRKS: to be determined
HOBBIES:
HABITS: to be determined
NERVOUS TICKS: to be determined
DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: to be determined
FEARS: to be determined
POSITIVE TRAITS: loyal, dedicated, charasmatic
NEGATIVE TRAITS: impulsive, reckless, violent
DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: yes, she's casual about it

• verses.

...biography....

love quinn was poisoned from the start. she and forty clung to each other inside dottie's womb, knowing that they would only ever be able to trust each other before they had even truly entered the world. their parents made it clear from the start who the spare was: forty and love, seriously? a beautiful way to name your daughter loser and your son winner.money poisons, too. every mistake, every mistep & toe out of line was smoothed over with so called generosity. the snotty private school the quinn twins attended turned a blind eye to every transgression. forty never did drugs in the boy's bathroom, and love only witnessed a student fall down the stairs after making jibes about the eerie closeness of the twins. any bad habits simply didn't exist as far as adults were concerned, and love & forty found that that opened a lot of doors for them.at home, they had free range as well. ray and dottie were nearly never home, and the twins were left in the care of an au pair, sofia. she was beautiful and kind, but addiction haunted her even as she lived in the quinn's guest house. forty, fourteen and smitten, was led down the same path. sofia took advantage of the child in her care and committed statutory rape as the pair were high on crack cocaine. knowing their parents wouldn't do anything about it, love took matters into her own hands.as forty slipped into unconsciousness aided by the drugs, love committed her first actual murder. an awful, violent, bloody thing that love didn't even know she was capable of until it was too late. when forty woke, he believed that he had killed sofia, and love let him.she did what she did to protect forty. that's what she tells herself, at least. sofia's death was covered easily with quinn blood money and forty spiraled into messy addiction. he relied on love more than ever, giving her the purpose and attention she so desperately craved. their codependency only became more severe as they grew older, and despite other friends and pastimes outside of each other the twins were like magnets: nearly never seen without one another.after high school, love decided to go to culinary school. it was there she met james kennedy, a deaf man who love quickly fell head over heels for. forty didn't care much for him, but that was alright -- their lives were carefully balanced, love splitting time between her husband and her brother. it was perfect.... until it wasn't. james grew frustrated with his wife's constant neglect in favor of her brother, but before he could leave her he fell ill with cancer. love was there through every chemo session, through all the pain and the hurt and the ugliness that accompanies chronic illness. once he was in remission, though, he finally told her that he couldn't be with her anymore.love was fucking angry. after everything she did for him, he was going to leave her? no fucking way. after convincing him to give it a shot for just a while longer, love decided to take the option of leaving her away from him. if things were going to end, it would be on her terms. wolfsbane was slipped into his food on the daily and he fell ill once again. this time, doctors couldn't quite figure out what was wrong. she didn't really mean to kill him, but that was the way the cookie crumbled.she mourned her dear james for years after his death, the very image of a young, grieving widow. dreams of going to paris to open a restaurant or bakery were dismissed in favor of becoming an employee at her parent's marketplace, anavrin. she needed to stay close to home, close to forty. she wouldn't have survived the grief without him. when will bettleheim was hired on, something in her soul recognized something in his soul, too. she truly saw him, and from the beginning she was open (not quite honest, though) about the grief and darkness that closed like a fist around her heart. their relationship was messy, on-and-off and up and down but they were always inexplicably drawn to one another.in the end, will --- joe --- couldn't handle love's love either. she showed joe who she was and he recoiled in a way she would have never done to him. she took care of him, solved problems for him and cleaned up his mess when he got sloppy. when the curtain was pulled back and his ugly truth was revealed, love stopped the woman responsible without a second thought. she did fucking everything for him, and he was horrified. love would have suffered the same fate as his ex girlfriend if it hadn't been for her quick thinking. i’m pregnant! she gasped out: a moment later and she would have had a hook through her throat, bled out on the floor like a butchered animal. begrudgingly, joe dropped his weapon and agreed to build a life together for the sake of their child. by this point, forty could see joe’s true nature clearly. clash of the wills was going to end in a life being taken one way or another: if she’s honest, love would have preferred a bullet between joe’s eyes than what actually happened. it was forty who was killed, shot in the chest by a police officer and died bleeding out in love's arms on the anavrin floor.joe and love’s wedding was small. it didn’t feel right without forty there, but there was nothing else to do but keep pushing forward with life. the happy couple’s suburban existence in madre linda was less than interesting. love did her best to keep joe’s interest, seducing him over & over again in hopes of falling pregnant and making good on the mistruth that saved her life. but joe's gaze was anything but unwavering, and his wandering attention proved fatal for the object of his desire. while love cared for their home under the guise of pregnancy, joe chased after their fucking neighbor, natalie. love didn't want to hurt her. she was actually a really nice person, the kind of woman love could see herself becoming close with. but her family came first, always, and her friendship with natalie ended with a fire axe in her skull. once again, cleaning up joe's fucking messes so that their family could survive.she tried her best to keep joe's interest and to keep herself busy. she started a bakery, a fresh tart. she had hoped that it would help settle her, keep her from becoming restless and wandering herself. when joe fell ill, emotions ran high. something breaks in your soul when you see the man you’ve promised your life to in the hospital, fighting to cling to a life filled with promises that haven’t yet been seen through.it's natural instinct to want to protect him, to want to kill the braindead fucking antivaxxer who put him there in the first place. when sweet gil brigham confessed that his daughters were the ones that gave joe the measles and defended his choices, he took away love's. she saw red, raised her rolling pin and smashed his fucking head in. she didn't kill him, no, but dragged him through the bakery and down the stairs to lock him in the glass cage that joe seemed to love so much.love and joe searched for a way to get gil out alive -- mutually assured destruction. it's not like they wanted him to die. they delved into his past, his family, and found a horrible truth: gil's beloved son was a rapist. they had intended to use this as leverage, but it was a terrible revelation for gil. he couldn't handle the weight of his failure to parent, and hung himself in the glass cage. they didn't want him to die, but it certainly made things more convenient. it was easy to narrate a story when both the characters were dead. joe and love spun a tale of an affair gone wrong, explaining both natalie's disappearance and gil's suicide in one fell swoop.not everyone bought the story, though. after the police closed the case, natalie’s husband continued to investigate the residents of madre linda, obsessively scrubbing neighborhood surveillance to find any information on natalie’s disappearance.eventually, the game of charades came to an end. love knew joe’s behavioral patterns, maybe even better than he did himself. she put two and two together, the puzzle pieces of information she’d gathered painting a vivid picture of joe’s new obsession, a woman named marienne.at this point, love had a sense of clarity she’d never experienced before. the problem wasn’t her at all: it was joe. joe would never be content with her, and would certainly never stay with her without an actual child to care for. the only way to save herself and give her an out was to eliminate the only thing that threatened her: her husband. she prepared his favorite meal as a bittersweet goodbye, and confronted him about his affair with marienne. in turn, joe confronted her about the faked pregnancy. betrayal dripped from his words like poison, spat like venom. love knew better than to feel sorry for him at this point. as long as joe was alive, love would never have the family she dreamed of. when love was out of the room, joe grabbed a large knife from the table, a move she dreaded but had fully anticipated. she confessed upon her return, seated across the table from her dear husband: with a sigh, she explained that her faked pregnancy was the only thing that saved her life. she had tried to make good on the lie and fall pregnant after they moved to madre linda, but joe’s sudden lack of attraction to her wouldn’t allow that to happen. joe, murderously angry at the deception, lunged for love to no avail. the wolfsbane that had been smeared on the knife handle took effect, and joe was losing function of his body.i was so excited to be a mother, and your wife. and the second i became that, you punished me for it.she brought a meat cleaver to joe’s throat then, her tendency to go for the jugular at the forefront once again. quinn blood money covered everything up just as it always did, and love was set to start a new life once again.

...verse one....

this verse takes place prior to meeting joe. love is recently widowed and working at anavrin, struggling with her codependency with her brother.

...verse two....

this verse takes place during love's marriage to joe. she is faking a pregnancy in an attempt to regain joe's affection. i do not anticipate writing in this verse a lot with non canon characters, and if i do it will be heavily plotted.

...verse three. (main)...

this verse takes place after the events in love's biography. she has killed joe and moved away from madre linda, and established a restaurant. it quickly blew up thanks to love's talent (and her status as a nepo baby). in turn she has released a cook book & begun to appear on talk shows, growing into her role as a 'celebrity chef'.

...stranger things au....

in 1983, love and forty quinn are seventeen years old when love learns that their au pair, sofia, has been abusing forty and murders her for it. she had intended to let the blame for the killing fall on forty, but their parents didn't believe the story. when the truth came out dottie was horrified, and spewed cruelty until she determinedly announced love was disowned. this never came to fruition since it would reflect badly on the quinn family reputation, so dottie instead enacted the next worst punishment she could: she separated the twins. her darling forty stayed close by, and love was sent to hawkins, indiana to live with her aunt winnie kline and her husband, the mayor. she arrived in july of 1983, just in time to start her junior year at hawkins high.
love will be played as an 18-19 year old, and has lived in hawkins for a year or two depending on timelines. love's connection to the party/other teens is plot dependent until i come up with something i really like!

...supernatural au....

details pending

...more to be announced!...

...basic information....

FULL NAME: penelope lane reynolds
NICKNAME(S): penny
BIRTH DATE: january 1
MAIN VERSE AGE: 25
ZODIAC: capricorn
GENDER: female
PRONOUNS: she/her
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual

...background....

EDUCATION LEVEL: high school graduate
FATHER: harry reynolds. penny is still a total daddy's girl, but after harry cheated on their mom she's having trouble seeing him the same way.
MOTHER: julia reynolds. julia was told that she would be unable to have biological children of her own, and used a surrogate for the oldest of her children. the twins were so-called 'miracle babies', but after experiencing childbirth julia decided it wasn't for her and used a surrogate again for the youngest. julia is an intelligent and kind woman, but the disciplinarian of the parents. penny had a tumultuous relationship with julia, as they butted heads frequently when she was a teenager. as an adult she's closer to her mom, but sometimes she feels as though her mom is disappointed in her.
SIBLING(S): tyler reynolds, james reynolds, alfie reynolds (deceased)
BIRTH ORDER: tyler (oldest), james (13 minutes older than penny), penny, alfie
PET(S): a gray and white rat named titty boy
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: the longest and most notable 'relationship' was when penny was groomed as a teenager. otherwise, penny is a serial monogamist and has had a myriad of shortlived, intense relationships.
ARRESTS?: dui, possession of cocaine
PRISON TIME?: none

...occupation & income....

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: dancing at the pink pony strip club
SECONDARY SOURCE OF INCOME: social media influencer (tiktok and instagram)
CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: penny likes her job alright, but she feels like her potential has been wasted. she LOVES tiktok, if she could solely do social media for her job she probably would.
PAST JOB(S): penny and james have had at least a dozen different part time jobs and have gotten fired from every single one.
SPENDING HABITS: penny spends money like nobody's business. her most frequent purchases are clothes and shoes, white claws and alcohol, cocaine and marijuana, and stuff for her rat.

...skills & abilities....

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: 6/10
SPEED: 8/10
INTELLIGENCE: 7/10
STAMINA: 8/10
TEAMWORK: 4/10
TALENTS: dancing, being charming, compartmentalizing
SHORTCOMINGS: short-tempered, snobby, arrogant
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english, conversational vietnamese, and a secret language she and james created as kids

...physical appearance & characteristics....

FACE CLAIM: florence pugh
alternate face claim (available upon request): dove cameron
EYE COLOR: blue
HAIR COLOR: dark brown but she bleaches it blonde
HAIR TYPE/STYLE: thick and straight, ends a bit fried from the bleach, penny mostly wears her hair down but will put it in a claw clip or a messy bun if it's getting in the way.
GLASSES/CONTACTS?: penny has awful eyesight and wears contacts. she never wears her glasses out of her apartment because she thinks she looks like a dork.
DOMINANT HAND: right
HEIGHT: 5'1 (barely)
WEIGHT: 125 lbs
BUILD: athletic, curvy
EXERCISE HABITS: she dances almost every day
TATTOOS:
PIERCINGS: naval, nipples, triple earlobe, double helix
MARKS/SCARS: n/a
NOTABLE FEATURES: long hair, dimples, full lips

...psychology....

MORAL ALIGNMENT: chaotic neutral
MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: borderline personality disorder (undiagnosed)
SOCIABILITY: high
EMOTIONAL STABILITY: low
OBSESSION(S): her looks, finding love, sex
PHOBIA(S): abandonment
ADDICTION(S): cocaine, nicotine
DRUG USE: frequent cocaine use
ALCOHOL USE: excessive
PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: if provoked

...mannerisms....

ACCENT: none
QUIRKS: to be determined
HOBBIES: making obstacle courses for her rat, dancing, fashion,
HABITS: to be determined
NERVOUS TICKS: nervous laughter, biting her lip
DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: power, love
FEARS: being alone
POSITIVE TRAITS: loyal, confident, fun to be around
NEGATIVE TRAITS: chaotic, volatile, arrogant, dismissive
DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: pen curses like she breathes

...biography....

penelope lane reynolds, affectionately named after the iconic beatles song, arrived fashionably late, thirteen minutes after her brother, james. the only daughter to an idyllic family with money, love, and ample attention, she was spoiled rotten as a child. anything she wanted, she got – within reason, of course. they lived in a beautiful home with a large backyard, and the four reynolds kids had all the space to run and play that they could possibly want.

as she got older, penny found herself growing restless with the comfortable life she’d been given. she wanted something more, something that would prove she was special. there was no challenge when everything came easily. penny needed an outlet. as a small child, she put that focus into school. she threw herself wholeheartedly into academics, not only keeping straight a’s for herself but doing her best to help james with any subjects they struggled in. in a habit she will repeat for the rest of her life, penny quickly grew bored. the studying and the constant fight to be the best in the class weren’t interesting anymore – and penny needed something interesting. by the time the twins graduated to middle school, penny finally found something she could stick to: cheerleading.

to anyone that knew her, it was a natural progression. a part of penny’s personality that added up perfectly: she was born to be the head cheerleader. with her queen bee charisma, fierce loyalty, and razor sharp tongue, penny quickly grew to be one of the most popular (if not notorious) girls in the small town’s school district. she truly embodied the role: nobody ever seemed to be able to catch her with so much as a chipped nail or a strand of hair out of place. she was a shining star, and people would bend over backwards to make a good impression. they wanted her to like them. her opinions and discernment influenced a large percentage of the student population, and she reveled in it. she was showered with accolades: cheer captain, prom queen, homecoming queen, she was given all the meaningless status she could stomach. penny lane was on top of the world, and she never seemed to falter.

in her early teens, penny began to consider a professional cheer career. she started private lessons with the assistant cheer coach at the high school: a young man in her early 20s, with a boyish charm that left young penny completely smitten. all the extra one-on-one time didn’t help, either — penny used every bit of her charisma and charm to capture his attention. and it worked. of course, looking back, she can see the signs. the manipulation. the calculated way he handled her. as an adult, she knows it was wrong. damaging. but at the time, it was what she thought she wanted. she still struggles with the feeling that she brought the situation on herself. the predatory relationship continued for almost two years, until the two were caught together after school by one of the girls on the squad. word travels quickly in such a small town, and it didn’t take long for an investigation to be conducted and penny’s “first love” to be fired, as well as arrested.it would be a lot for anyone to cope with. penny was absolutely heartbroken, and even defended the man for years to anyone who would ask. she coped with the aftermath messily, with alcohol and parties and even more college guys. these habits would only worsen when, at eighteen years old, her fifteen-year-old brother alfie passed away in a house fire, accidentally started by james. penny completely shut down. nobody outside of her family saw her for a month. despite the metaphorical hole punched through her chest, once her mourning period ended it was time to wear her crown once again. she returned to school and her regular life, though she was angrier and more nihilistic than before.after high school graduation, she was directionless. she worked a few odd jobs around town for a year or so, but she was miserable and hungry for a taste of the power she had grown so accustomed to. shortly after her 19th birthday, penny packed her things and moved to new york city to pursue a career as an actress. or model… or really anything that came her way that would help quench the thirst for more. she began posting regularly on her instagram, and slowly but steadily grew a following.of course, nothing good will last when it comes to penny lane. with her inflated sense of survival bias – or maybe her disregard for her own safety – she didn’t properly vet the people she was surrounded by. during a photoshoot, one particular “photographer” assaulted her. the police didn’t do anything about it, and penny realized that there’s almost no one worth trusting in the world. she simply stopped trying. she stopped auditioning, stopped booking any work: having a career was far too much effort when all penny wanted to do was drink and snort her money away until it ran dry.so she did just that. shortly before her 21st birthday, penny finally came home. despite her desire for independence, she moved back in with her parents. all she really wanted was her family: the only people she could actually trust. she needed that support system as she slowly rebuilt her life, eventually moving into an apartment of her own.she started dancing at the pink pony club a few years ago. as much as she enjoys it, she feels a bitter resentment: she never thought she would end up here, she was always certain she was destined for bigger things. (certainly bigger things than the 500k tik tok followers she has gained at this point.) so she numbs the anger with alcohol and cocaine, but still shows up to family dinner every week with her dimpled smile.

• verses.

...main verse....

what it says on the tin. this verse takes place after the events described in penny's biography. this will be the default verse that interactions will happen in.

...wasted like all my potential verse....

penny's older verse. in this verse she will be aged 35+. she works as a high school cheer coach at a competitive private high school. she still struggles with drinking but her drug abuse has lessened at this point.please note that in this verse penny's faceclaim will be katheryn winnick.

...supernatural au....

werewolf verse. details pending.

...more to be announced!...

...famous and dumb at an early age verse....

popstar verse. penny was "discovered" while she was living in new york, mostly due to her large social media following, her considerable dance talent, and her marketability. she's not a particularly talented vocalist (she's very much a manufactured popstar) but she's good enough and has the charisma to back it up. what her live performances might lack in vocals it's made up by the stage show and choreography (ref: britney spears). she's mostly known for her party girl anthems (ref: ke$ha), getting trashed at clubs, and dating your celebrity crush.

...stranger things au....

in this verse, penny's age will range from 16+ depending on plotting and who she is interacting with. her time at hawkins high is compliant with her canon biography: she is head cheerleader, homecoming queen, and prom queen. penny and her twin brother james were employees at the movie theater in starcourt mall in season three, and their younger brother alfie was killed in the 'mall fire'. penny would have joined the cast either 1. by tagging along with team scoops as they uncover the russian base, or 2. by teaming up with nancy to figure out what was going on with her grandmother, doris driscoll, depending on what is plotted.

...basic information....

FULL NAME: nancy michelle wheeler
NICKNAME(S):nance
BIRTH DATE: november 16
AGE: 18-24 depending on verse
ZODIAC: scorpio
GENDER: female
PRONOUNS: she/her
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual

...background....

EDUCATION LEVEL: bachelor's in journalism
FATHER: ted wheeler. nancy is not very close with ted, while she does love him she finds his apathy frustrating.
MOTHER: karen wheeler. nancy has a close albeit strained relationship with her mother. she views her mother as a strong woman who sacrificed a life of her own for a life of comfort with ted, and karen has become somewhat symbolic of what nancy doesn't want for herself.
SIBLING(S): michael (middle sibling) and holly (youngest)
PET(S): an orange cat named basil, who was a gift for nancy's thirteenth birthday (after she had lobbied for months to be allowed a pet). basil is a pretty shy little guy and generally doesn't venture down the stairs of the wheeler's home if he can avoid it. he does not care for holly, but mike is alright as long as he keeps his volume down. he spends most of his days lounging in nancy's bedroom and puking on her carpet, and his nights are spent running at full speed back and forth through the upstairs hallway.
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: steve harrington, high school ex boyfriend and first love.
ARRESTS?: none
PRISON TIME?: none

...occupation & income....

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: investigative journalist
CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: nancy loves her job. she feels like she can truly make a difference with her reporting, and views it as a correction of sorts on the inactions of her past.
PAST JOB(S): internship at the hawkins post
SPENDING HABITS: to be determined

...skills & abilities....

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: 4/10
SPEED: 8/10
INTELLIGENCE: 9/10
STAMINA: 8/10
TEAMWORK:7/10
TALENTS: marksmanship, writing, investigation, lying
SHORTCOMINGS: recklessness
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english

...physical appearance & characteristics....

FACE CLAIM: heather langenkamp
alternate face claim (available upon request): natalia dyer
EYE COLOR: blue
HAIR COLOR: brown
HAIR TYPE/STYLE: naturally fine and soft, but she wears it permed so it's frizzy and voluminous
GLASSES/CONTACTS?: none
DOMINANT HAND: right
HEIGHT: 5'4
WEIGHT: 100 lbs
BUILD: waiflike
EXERCISE HABITS: none
TATTOOS: none
PIERCINGS: ears
MARKS/SCARS: scar across the palm of her right hand
NOTABLE FEATURES: slight frame, bright blue eyes, sharp jawline

...psychology....

MORAL ALIGNMENT: chaotic good
MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: ptsd
SOCIABILITY: moderate/high
EMOTIONAL STABILITY: moderate
OBSESSION(S): truth, justice
PHOBIA(S): to be determined
ADDICTION(S): none
DRUG USE: to be determined
ALCOHOL USE: semi-frequent
PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: low to moderately

...mannerisms....

ACCENT:
QUIRKS: to be determined
HOBBIES: shooting guns, journaling, reading
HABITS: to be determined
NERVOUS TICKS: to be determined
DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: truth and justice, protecting her loved ones
FEARS: something happening to her family
POSITIVE TRAITS: perceptive, empathetic, tenacious
NEGATIVE TRAITS: reckless, stubborn, condescending
DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: frequently

please note that in my portrayal, jonathan and nancy were not fully romantically involved. i view them as a pair that were traumabonded after the events of season 1, and in my portrayal of nancy they will be represented as best friends with tension rather than a confirmed romantic pair throughout the events of the show. i'm open to developing a ship post-show though.

• verses.

...biography....

if nancy was honest with herself, she had always been looking for an exit. for as long as she can remember, there was an ache in her chest, drawing her towards something more. at first she thought it was a hunger for success. she threw herself into everything she did: she was the smartest in every classroom, the prettiest smile in every photo, the best friend a girl could ask for. she checked all the boxes. none of it was enough. she used to find solace in barbara holland. they were both bigger than their bodies, bigger than hawkins. they understood each other in a way that can only be when two women experience girlhood together: forging an inexplicable, insurmountable bond.even her friendship with barb couldn’t save her from the hunger. she grew tired of the monotony by the time they were in high school. new frontiers to be conquered came in the form of steve harrington: a king who saw in her a queen. he made her feel special. different. nancy began to pull away from barb in favor of validation from the man she loved. even after her brother’s friend disappeared into the night, nancy convinced barb to break curfew to go to a party at steve’s, and she paid the price for it. nance made a decision that night when she tiptoed up those stairs without barbara. that choice directly resulted in barb being taken: stolen by a monster and dragged to a skeletal, hellish version of hawkins. in exchange for her loyalty and friendship, nancy inadvertently threw her to the wolves.she never forgave herself for that. in the weeks after barb’s disappearance, something changed in nancy: a shift in the tide, a shedding of skin. she had seen the future laid out for her if she stayed dormant. she saw it in her mother, the way she settled, the hurt that glistened in her eyes every time her father muttered a passive sure, honey without actually hearing what was said. she saw it when steve’s jealousy drove him to humiliate her in front of the entire town. she didn’t want that for herself. she wanted revenge. for the first time in her life, nancy was fucking angry.her mind quieted as her & jonathan’s plan fell into place. nancy was methodical, powerful. monster hunting. the guilt of barb’s death still racked her every thought, but there were moments where it eased. when the blade sliced her palm open, offering her blood as sacrifice. when she emptied bullet after bullet from her revolver, bang bang bang bang. when the demogorgon was set alight, it’s pained roar rattling the windows of the byers’ home. but for every moment of relief came the overwhelming return of the grief, crushing the life out of her long after the thing was killed and will byers returned safely home.steve tried his best to clean up the mess he made with her. he bore his cross, spat the blood from his mouth and atoned. she tried to pretend, for a while. she loved him as best as she could, but in the end she couldn’t do it. everyone else moved on & picked up the pieces, but nancy’s heart was rotting with barbara in the upside down. sometimes she thinks mike knew, as much as she tried to hide it from him. she drowned the pain with alcohol until it made her sick. if he looked under her bed, he’d find the empty bottles she nursed to coax a dreamless sleep from her fraught mind. she festered in the guilt until she burst with it, severing ties with all her friends & making a home for herself in the isolation. jonathan offered some comfort. if she tilted her head just right she could see in him what she saw in herself. the anger. the demand for any level of accountability from the people who tore their lives apart – turned them upside down.it was nancy’s idea to raze the lab. scorched earth. the recording she took was damning, and placed in murray’s hands she was sure it would be wielded properly. in the meantime there were other issues at hand. tendrils of the darkness still lived & thrived in hawkins. nancy would have traded her life for barb’s if given the chance, but her newfound purpose gave her reason to continue trying. she felt most at home with a gun in her hands, something like pride swelling when hopper tossed her his rifle in a room full of men. the power she had always craved was hers in moments like that, but hours later she was helpless once again. exorcizing the demonic black nothing from the body of a child as his mother & brother sobbed – it made nancy sick. will was so small, lying there still & white until he awoke himself with screams: it could have been mike so easily. she held her brother a little closer the next time she saw him, scrawny arms wrapped around him & tearful face buried in his dark curls. as much anger & grief as nancy held, she stayed soft as ever.things quieted down after that for a while. smoothed over. with the lab now defunct, nancy searched desperately for another villain to hate so she wouldn’t have to find one in the mirror. she dove headfirst into her writing, knowing her intelligence & insistence on truth would serve her well in a journalistic career. her talents were wasted at the hawkins post, white men as old as the institutions they represented diminishing her into nothing but a doll. nothing but a pretty face to bring them coffee & bat her eyelashes, oh, gee, mister, you sure are smart! screw that. she’d rip the post to pieces too if she didn’t have more pressing matters to attend to. the mindflayer returned, creeping its way back into the minds of hawkins residents and threatening to destroy the town once again. this time, with added bonus of international fucking agents to deal with. the starcourt mall debacle was messy & fiery, and the lives lost once again rippled through the town like a rock dropped into a still pond. disruptive. painful. shattering.in the aftermath nancy was desperate for some semblance of control. the school newspaper for hawkins high was small enough that nancy could pretty much run what she wanted, and she settled into a routine. she was finally beginning to heal after carrying barb with her for so long. she was starting to smile again, even argue with mike again in the fondly exasperated way older sisters argue with their baby brothers. the bottles under her bed became fewer & the arsenal of weapons she hid in her closet grew in its stead. she was healing, but she was ready for whatever came next. after all, a girl like nancy doesn’t get to rest anywhere for very long. especially not in a place like hawkins.when chrissy cunningham was found mangled & lifeless in the trailer park, nancy’s alarm bells went off. with her friend & fellow reporter fred in tow, nancy dove into the deep end once again. it was only hours later that fred was found the same way, abandoned, dead on the asphalt. the old, comfortable guilt reared its ugly head, and it was time to seek vengeance yet again. this time, though, she wasn’t so alone. with steve, dustin, max, robin and eddie there to support her, the plans she made were actually able to be seen all the way through. her investigations revealed an origin to the killings: to the creature called VECNA, the once-human monstrosity. he made a mistake when he targeted nancy, though, delved into her mind to draw the terror and trauma out to play. he saw her pain, but not her determination. one of the worst mistakes he made was letting her go, diminishing her to an errand girl just like the dickheads at the hawkins post.nancy wheeler was no goddamn warning shot.but for all their efforts, all their bullets & flames and fighting, they weren’t able to stop him completely. he was wounded, certainly, damaged & weak. but a perfect storm threw a wrench in their plans.the earth shattered.anyway can't wait til season 5 :p

...verse one. (main)...

during canon timelines. in most threads nancy is 18 and a senior at hawkins high.

...more to be announced!...

...modern verse....

the events of stranger things (re: jane, hawkins lab, the upside down) are still canon. after henry creel's defeat, nancy left town and attended emerson college, earning a masters degree in journalism. she now travels around the country investigating different current events. she works full time as a reporter for a major national newspaper, but due to her background dealing with the events in hawkins she also writes an underground newsletter for a select group of supernatural hunters whom she has come in contact with over the years.

...basic information....

FULL NAME: murphy edith mason
NICKNAME(S): murph
BIRTH DATE: june 20
MAIN VERSE AGE: 27
ZODIAC: gemini
GENDER: female
PRONOUNS: she/her
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: heteroromantic
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual

...background....

EDUCATION LEVEL: high school graduate
FATHER: hank mason. murphy has a positive relationship with her father, though this is mostly because he is not the disciplinarian.
MOTHER: joy mason. murphy has a tense relationship with joy. she considers her mother overbearing and controlling, even though it comes from a place of love and concern.
SIBLING(S): none
PET(S): her guide dog, a golden retriever named pretzel
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: max parish - a money launderer who opened the door to murphy's life of crime. dean riley - a corrupt police officer who manipulated murphy into caring for him even though he killed her friend. josh wallace - a forensic accountant who murphy used for information. he became obsessed with exacting revenge on her.
ARRESTS?: 1. money laundering. 2. the first degree murder.
PRISON TIME?: murphy spent a few months in a federal prison while awaiting trial for the murder of nia bailey.

...occupation & income....

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: receptionist position at guiding hope
SECONDARY SOURCE OF INCOME: money laundering
CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: murphy hates working. at guiding hope she consistently slacks off, sleeps on the job, or disappears to go to her favorite bar.
PAST JOB(S): n/a
SPENDING HABITS: most of her money goes to cigarettes and alcohol.

...skills & abilities....

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: 4/10
SPEED: 2/10 -- it's hard to run when you're blind
INTELLIGENCE: 8/10
STAMINA: 8/10
TEAMWORK: 2/10 -- she's bossy and doesn't generally like people.
TALENTS: investigation, being charming despite being an asshole, manipulation
SHORTCOMINGS: impatient, lazy, easily bored, bossy, blunt
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english

...physical appearance & characteristics....

FACE CLAIM: perry mattfeld
EYE COLOR: green
HAIR COLOR: blonde-ish
HAIR TYPE/STYLE: thick, wavy, long
GLASSES/CONTACTS?: no, she's blind
DOMINANT HAND: right
HEIGHT: 5'11
WEIGHT: 125 lb
BUILD: very thin & tall
EXERCISE HABITS: none
TATTOOS: none
PIERCINGS: none
MARKS/SCARS: none
NOTABLE FEATURES: glassy/unfocused eyes, tall frame, long hair

...psychology....

PSYCHOLOGY.
MORAL ALIGNMENT: chaotic neutral
MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: borderline personality disorder (undiagnosed)
SOCIABILITY: low
EMOTIONAL STABILITY: low/medium
OBSESSION(S): it depends on the timeline but murphy tends to be extremely singleminded and obsessive in her goals (ie solving tyson's murder, finding jess)
PHOBIA(S): abandonment
ADDICTION(S): alcohol, adrenaline
DRUG USE: weed
ALCOHOL USE: heavy/daily
PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: when backed into a corner

...mannerisms....

ACCENT: chicago
QUIRKS: to be determined
HOBBIES: casual sex, listening to audiobooks
HABITS: to be determined
NERVOUS TICKS: she tucks her hair behind both ears when she lies
DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: her own self interest, keeping her loved ones safe
FEARS: bugs
POSITIVE TRAITS: loyal, courageous, resourceful, clever,
NEGATIVE TRAITS: selfish, impulsive, volatile, arrogant
DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: excessively so

• verses.

...biography....

murphy was born with a condition called retinitis pigmentosa. her parents, hank and joy, found this out well after they adopted murphy, but their love for their daughter was unwavering. and thank god for their steadfast determination, because murphy was a hellish child even without the trauma of her gradual impending vision loss. born with a razor-sharp tongue & compulsive need for chaos, murphy’s youth left a trail of destruction in its path . the only person murphy trusted implicitly was her best friend , jess . she was the only person murphy ever really let in , and the only one she ever allowed to help her .as the years wore on , murphy’s vision became less and less . in an attempt to prepare for the inevitable , joy and hank established Guiding Hope , a non - profit company to help train guide dogs & help them become more accessible to people who needed them . nothing , however , could prepare them for the absolute devastation murphy felt when her vision was lost completely at fourteen years old . unfortunately , this only seemed to push murphy further into her path of self - destruction . she consistently snuck out of the house to sleep with her classmates , and by 18 she was relying heavily on alcohol to numb the anger .unable , or rather unwilling , to forge a life on her own , murphy and jess moved in together after high school , furthering their codependency . murph picked up a job at guiding hope as a receptionist , although her days were mostly spent napping and smoking cigarettes in lieu of anything productive . jess went to veterinary school then came right back to work at guiding hope , unable to leave murphy despite the growing toxicity of their friendship .
murphy moved through life in a haze of alcohol and casual sex : it was easier than doing the work , why would she do anything to change that ? her fast track to nowhere continued on throughout the entirety of her early twenties with little to no intervention from the people who loved her . at twenty six , murphy was on her way home from her favorite bar when she was violently mugged and beaten . unable to defend herself , for a brief moment murphy mason had simply accepted her death . then ….. tyson .tyson , a sixteen year old boy , didn’t give a second thought to the situation . he sprang into action , and knocked out the mugger with a pipe in order to save murphy . from that moment on , an unbreakable bond was formed . tyson became one of the only lights in murphy’s life . she liked who she was around the kid – it’s like he was a brother she never knew she wanted . she could actually laugh and smile around him without feeling like it was a mask . he was a beautiful soul , and made murphy want to be a better person .like anything good that came into murphy’s life , tyson didn’t last long . after a year of friendship , murphy stepped outside her apartment to meet tyson in their usual spot , and instead found his lifeless body . she left to call the police , but by the time they arrived tyson’s body was gone . murphy was written off as a drunk , blind girl who misunderstood what she felt , and tyson was written off as a runaway teenage drug dealer .with the chicago police department being abhorrently dismissive of the murder , murphy took it into her own hands : little did she know that her digging would lead her straight to the underbelly of the chicago drug trade . she became a black hole to those around her , singularly focused on figuring out who tyson’s killer was and sucking everyone else into the wreckage as well . with massive collateral damage , murphy did uncover tyson’s killer : a corrupt police officer , dean riley , who was working for one of the biggest heroin suppliers in chicago , nia bailey .despite having a recorded confession from the killer , the case was never prosecuted as dean made a deal with the chief to catch nia in exchange for his freedom . murphy and her circle were in too deep at this point , having been coerced into laundering money for nia through Guiding Hope . while dodging auditors from the irs and dean’s dirty ‘investigation’, murphy hatched a plan to get out of the drug trade . she planned to betray nia to another large supplier in chicago after having convinced nia to store millions of dollars worth of heroin in Guiding Hope’s basement . unfortunately due to dean’s interference , this didn’t quite come to fruition . dean stole the drugs and held murphy hostage in his home in an attempt to ruin her delivery and have the kingpins kill her . however , murphy convinced his daughter to call the police , and a large amount of heroin was found in dean’s car . rather than face the consequences , dean took his own life in his home that night , and murphy quickly left to make good on her delivery .things came to a head with nia that night , as she had been tipped off about murphy’s betrayal . a split second before nia pulled the trigger on murphy , jess shot and killed nia herself . this traumatized jess deeply , and despite their years of codependence she couldn’t look at murphy without remembering the life she took . the entire Guiding Hope group obtained fake identities and headed to canada , but when jess failed to show at their rendezvous point murphy feared the worst .with unwarranted faith in her own ability to not get caught , murphy disregarded the fact that she and her friends were wanted for murder and instead plunged into another investigation to find jess . everyone around her had come to terms with the fact that jess had died , but murphy refused to accept that without proof . she didn’t know how to exist without jess , and even hallucinated her presence several times during her investigation . she continued to knowingly put herself and her friends in danger , determining it was worth it if she could only find jess .after narrowly escaping the police several times ( there was one instance where she simply walked out of an interrogation room after having been arrested ), murphy’s investigation led her to a pet supply shop in rural missouri , where it turned out jess was simply …. living . she had intentionally disappeared from murphy’s life , unable to continue living with the toxicity of their codependency . after receiving a tip , the police showed up at the pet store too , just as the man murphy had blackmailed into taking her & jess to canada grew angry and violent . once again , murphy narrowly escaped death : milliseconds before the man pulled the trigger on his gun , an armed police officer shot and killed him through the pet shop window . murphy urged jess to run while she surrendered herself and took the fall for nia’s death . jess escaped out the back door , and murphy was taken into custody .more biography to be added.

...verse one....

murphy's first verse takes place during the events of season 1. murphy is investigating the murder of her friend tyson parker.

...verse two. (main)...

murphy's main verse takes place during the events of season 2. murphy & her friends have been coerced into laundering money & trafficking heroin for nia bailey.

...verse three....

murphy's third verse takes place during the events of season 3. murphy is on the run from the police as they believe she murdered nia bailey & took over her drug enterprise. she is searching for jess as she believes something has happened to her. please note that murphy is in fact a fugitive from the law in this verse.

...more to be announced!...

...prison verse....

this verse takes place during the events of season 3 & 4 when murphy is in jail for nia bailey's murder (which she did not commit). she must navigate the prison without her guide dog & avoid the people who worked under nia who want murphy dead.

...supernatural au....

vampire verse. details pending.

...stranger things au....

murphy is a hawkins native. during murphy's sophomore year of high school, she lost her vision completely and joy decided to homeschool her. it was around this time the masons established guiding hope, a nonprofit organization that trained guide dogs for blind people at no cost. once murphy hit adulthood, she moved into a trailer off kerley with her best friend, jess, where she would continue to live for the foreseeable future. joy's sister, susan mayfield, eventually decided to join the masons in hawkins with her own family. murphy met her cousin max for the first time then, and provided all the burnout older sister vibes you could dream of. post season 4, when max is blinded by vecna, murphy is a major factor in helping her process & adjust to her disability. she also helps max adopt her own seeing eye dog, diana.

...basic information....

FULL NAME: rosemary virginia-lynn howell (she's named rosemary after her grandmother!)
NICKNAME(S): rosie
BIRTH DATE: september 12
MAIN VERSE AGE: 25
ZODIAC: virgo
GENDER: female
PRONOUNS: she/her
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual

...background....

EDUCATION LEVEL: high school graduate
FATHER: billy howell. a tall, robust man. he has heart issues, and works harder than he should on the farm he owns. he spent 5 years in jail from the time rosie was 11 to when she was 16.
MOTHER: betty howell. a sweet but fiery woman who rosie takes after closely. a former miss alabama who turned in her beauty-queen dreams to run a farm with the man she loved. a definite romantic, but not one to spare the rod and spoil the child.
SIBLING(S): 3 brothers and 2 sisters. occupations consist of: lawyer, construction worker, middle school teacher, bartender, and secretary.
BIRTH ORDER: : james, annabelle, florence, beau, owen, rosemary.
PET(S): a corgi named boots, a black newfoundland named sweet pea, and back in alabama she has a pony named stardust.
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: just the big one, with marco.
ARRESTS?: none
PRISON TIME?: none

...occupation & income....

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: waitressing at a diner
SECONDARY SOURCE OF INCOME: waitressing at a strip club
TERTIARY SOURCE OF INCOME: playing a regular gig in a bar every monday, wednesday, and friday. selling songs to other musicians.
CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: she likes waitressing. she does. she’s awful at it, but people love her and specifically request her service when they’re at her places of work. but she’s got big music star dreams, and she won’t be content with what she’s doing with her life until her music is paying the bills.
PAST JOB(S): she babysat a lot when she was in alabama. here she doesn’t have time to, as much as she loves kids and would like to.
SPENDING HABITS: bad. she’s not good at reigning in her spending on things she doesn’t absolutely need. she likes to go to bars and drink and have fun, which drains her already sparse savings. when money gets too tight, she calls her parents, who gladly send her money. this is embarrassing for rosie, however, and she doesn’t do this if she can avoid it.

...skills & abilities....

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: 4/10
SPEED: 6/10
INTELLIGENCE:4/10
STAMINA: 5/10
TEAMWORK: 9/10
TALENTS: singing, guitar, affability, charming
SHORTCOMINGS: dimwitted, clumsy, stubborn
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english

...physical appearance & characteristics....

FACE CLAIM: alisha boe
EYE COLOR: chocolate brown
HAIR COLOR: black, sometimes she'll add colorful extensions.
HAIR TYPE/STYLE: thick, glossy, down nearly to her elbows. she likes to play around with styles & will frequently have her hair in box braids. she's very proud of her hair.
GLASSES/CONTACTS?: she has reading glasses, but never wears them.
DOMINANT HAND: right
HEIGHT: 5'2 but she tells everyone she's 5'3
WEIGHT: around 140
BUILD: pear-shaped. soft. a tiny bit chubby, she never quite lost her baby fat and doesn’t quite care to.
EXERCISE HABITS: rosie doesn’t work out. she’s on her feet all day working, the last thing she wants to do is exhaust herself even further.
TATTOOS: none. she’s always wanted one but she’s too scared. if she ever ends up getting one, it will probably be a dogwood flower.
PIERCINGS: ears (once, pierced at a sleepover when she was 13, 0/10 do not recommend) and belly button (she got this one at 16, by a professional - thank god)
MARKS/SCARS: several small scars on her knees from minor childhood falls. she doesn’t have a birthmark, though she always wanted one as a kid for some odd reason.
NOTABLE FEATURES: baby face, dimples, sparkly eyes

...psychology....

MORAL ALIGNMENT: chaotic good
MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: dyslexia
SOCIABILITY: high
EMOTIONAL STABILITY: moderate
OBSESSION(S): none
PHOBIA(S): home invasion
ADDICTION(S): none
DRUG USE: marijuana occasionally
ALCOHOL USE: semi-frequently, she just likes to have a good time!
PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: no

...mannerisms....

ACCENT: southern
QUIRKS: has to wear matching socks
HOBBIES: singing, watching tv, trying to teach herself how to do things off youtube and getting bored halfway through (you ever tried to yo-yo?)
HABITS: triple-checking that she locked her apartment door
NERVOUS TICKS: twirling hair around her finger, blinking too much
DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: desire to impress her family, desire to find love again
FEARS: having to move back home
POSITIVE TRAITS: gentle, kind, compassionate, enthusiastic
NEGATIVE TRAITS: stubborn, dimwitted, scatterbrained, a little lazy
DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: regularly

...biography....

baby girl in a big family. two absolutely loving parents, two beautiful older sisters, and three handsome older brothers. rosemary virginia-lynn howell was the youngest of the six children, and despite her small size could roughhouse among her siblings with the best of ‘em. the howells owned a family farm, wide rolling green and sweet wide - eyed animals that surrounded the girl as she grew. childhood was spent helping her parents take care of the place, substantial amount of land needed a lot of upkeep that tended to come from the children who lived there.idyllic childhood can’t stay totally perfect for long, though. issues always crop up, one way or another. secrets are kept from rosie, an attempt to keep her sweet and unbothered. momma keeps her distracted when her sister & boyfriend argue too loud, sings her sweet lullabies to drown out the noise when things get violent. things change when daddy starts to notice, though, things change real quick. eleven years old and she cries for months when her daddy gets handcuffed and toted away in the back of a police car. she never really puts two and two together, figures out why her father went to jail for five years. honestly, she doesn’t know if she wants to know. so she never asks, never presses for more information even when he comes home and she’s sixteen. he sits and teaches her how to make repairs on the crappy truck of his she learned to drive on, and she plays his old guitar while sitting on the bed. no questions, just quiet and kind.things change again when adulthood comes, when eighteen hits. lifelong passion for music has blossomed into real aspirations, every weekend playing cover songs (toby keith! george strait!) at the local bar in town. everyone knows she’s billy’s baby, everyone loves her sweet voice and too - big guitar. but a new man in town sidles up and sparks fly, despite a ten year gap between them.that’s the kinda love people write songs about. she’s certain. it was perfect, it was so perfect. they were stupid in love, big dreams about big cities and being together. and yeah, her daddy absolutely hated him, thought she could do way better. a little biased, clearly, cause that’s his baby girl with a man ten years older – the relationship was more balanced and healthy than what anyone expected, though. not toxic, just pure, genuine love for each other.to no one’s surprise, after two years of being together (shortly after rosie’s twentieth birthday), marco proposed with an extremely reluctant blessing from her father. and to no one’s surprise, rosie said yes. two months after their engagement they moved in together, stars aligning. a nice apartment opened up in a big city, close to where marco had gotten an amazing new job offer. it also gave rosie better opportunities to play her music, original stuff now, more opportunities to really get discovered. everything just… lined up.until it didn’t. six months later, only eight months into their engagement, rosie came home from work. you know the scene, like something out of a movie. a pair of heels she didn’t recognize by the door. a coat hanging on the hooks that was more expensive than any of hers. and most incriminatingly, marco fucking a woman twice rosie’s age on the living room couch.it hurt. it hurt a lot. there was a lot of arguing and pleading, begging her to stay. she was far too stubborn to pack up her things and go home to her parents, no – so instead she packed up her things and into a small, shoddy one with a friend she’d made at work. it was tough going, real tough going. three jobs, she works, two she’s not even good at. waitressing at both a diner and a strip club, not the best job for a girl as forgetful and clumsy as her – but her knack for people skills keeps people coming back, specifically requesting her, asking managers if she can sit down and chat despite being on the clock. best tips in the house, though, despite tendency to spill beers and coffee at least once a shift. third job, every other weeknight playing at a bar, reminiscent of her hometown.

• verses.

...verse one....

this verse takes place during rosie's engagement to marco.

...verse two. (main)...

what it says on the tin. this verse takes place after the events described in rosie's biography. this will be the default verse that interactions will happen in.

...supernatural au....

werewolf verse. details pending.

...i bet you think about me verse....

this verse is rosie's celebrity verse. she is a mainstream country musician now (i.e. fearless era taylor swift). i will release a detailed timeline eventually, but the career progression is essentially as follows: rosie got signed to a record label, released an ep, toured as the opening act for a mainstream pop star, and then released an album. the singles off of her debut album catapulted her into fame.

...more to be announced!...

...basic information....

FULL NAME:
NICKNAME(S):
BIRTH DATE:
MAIN VERSE AGE:
ZODIAC:
GENDER:
PRONOUNS:
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION:
SEXUAL ORIENTATION:

...background....

EDUCATION LEVEL:
FATHER:
MOTHER:
SIBLING(S):
BIRTH ORDER:
PET(S):
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS:
ARRESTS?:
PRISON TIME?:

...occupation & income....

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME:
SECONDARY SOURCE OF INCOME:
CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?:
PAST JOB(S):
SPENDING HABITS:

...skills & abilities....

PHYSICAL STRENGTH:
SPEED:
INTELLIGENCE:
STAMINA:
TEAMWORK:
TALENTS:
SHORTCOMINGS:
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN:

...physical appearance & characteristics....

PHYSICAL STRENGTH:
SPEED:
INTELLIGENCE:
STAMINA:
TEAMWORK:
TALENTS:
SHORTCOMINGS:
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN:

...psychology....

MORAL ALIGNMENT:
MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS:
SOCIABILITY:
EMOTIONAL STABILITY:
OBSESSION(S):
PHOBIA(S):
ADDICTION(S):
DRUG USE:
ALCOHOL USE:
PRONE TO VIOLENCE?:

...mannerisms....

ACCENT: to be announced
QUIRKS: to be announced
HOBBIES: to be announced
HABITS: to be announced
NERVOUS TICKS: to be announced
DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: to be announced
FEARS: to be announced
POSITIVE TRAITS: to be announced
NEGATIVE TRAITS: to be announced
DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: occasionally

...biography....

- babysitters club formation
- school vs art
- nancy tutored her in math and science
- hired to watch the party after season one, especially will (she didn’t charge joyce very much and she and will bonded over art)
hangs with dustin/lucas/max/steve in s2
- starcourt=mallrat 80s gal’s dreams
- mimi gets mind flayed
- s4 hangs with the teens, holds down the fort with the police

...basic information....

FULL NAME: siobhan rianne blythe
NICKNAME(S): bonnie
BIRTH DATE: october 30
MAIN VERSE AGE: 24
species: grim reaper (undead)
ZODIAC: scorpio
GENDER: female
PRONOUNS: she/her
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic [very strong preference for women]
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual [very strong preference for women]

...background....

EDUCATION LEVEL: high school dropout, g.e.d.
FATHER: eoghan blythe (formerly connelly). a hopeless romantic who followed a girl from ireland to america with nothing to lose and everything to gain. he wasn't particularly well educated but he was a kind and loving person, and an excellent father.
MOTHER: tara blythe. deceased. an outspoken feminist, tara was also the breadwinner of the family and worked as a surgeon.
SIBLING(S): sinead maxine.
BIRTH ORDER: sinead is younger by 6 years.
PET(S): none
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: walter sherman, bonnie's former partner and.... partner. when a hit was put out on bonnie for millions dollars, wally killed bonnie for the payday. it was a win win for him, since he didnt have to split future payouts with a partner anymore.
ARRESTS?: assault and battery, breaking and entering. charges were always dropped.
PRISON TIME?: nothing substantial.

...occupation & income....

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: bonnie and felix do get normie jobs, though they don't tend to stay at any of them for very long.
SECONDARY SOURCE OF INCOME: a small monetary reward is provided by the people upstairs for each soul reaped.
CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: you're joking.
PAST JOB(S): bounty hunter, mercenary

...skills & abilities....

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: 9/10
SPEED: 8/10
INTELLIGENCE: 8/10
STAMINA: 9.5/10
TEAMWORK: 3/10
TALENTS: to be determined
SHORTCOMINGS: to be determined
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english, irish, russian, and norwegian

...physical appearance & characteristics....

FACE CLAIM: elizabeth gillies
EYE COLOR: blue
HAIR COLOR: black with colorful streaks dyed into it
HAIR TYPE/STYLE: usually worn down and somewhat curly.
GLASSES/CONTACTS?: none
DOMINANT HAND: right
HEIGHT: 5'10
WEIGHT: 160 lbs
BUILD: athletic
EXERCISE HABITS: none now that she's dead!
TATTOOS: she has a ton of tattoos, a more in depth headcanon will be written eventually.
PIERCINGS: right eyebrow.
MARKS/SCARS: none
NOTABLE FEATURES: blue eyes, alternative fashion sense

...psychology....

MORAL ALIGNMENT: chaotic neutral
MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: ptsd, bipolar disorder
SOCIABILITY: moderate
EMOTIONAL STABILITY: moderate
OBSESSION(S): revenge
PHOBIA(S): none
ADDICTION(S): none
DRUG USE: none. not even weed is much fun after you're dead.
ALCOHOL USE: frequent but it doesn't have much affect anymore.
PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: yes.

...mannerisms....

ACCENT: to be announced
QUIRKS: to be announced
HOBBIES: to be announced
HABITS: to be announced
NERVOUS TICKS: to be announced
DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: to be announced
FEARS: betrayal
POSITIVE TRAITS:
NEGATIVE TRAITS:
DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: yes

• grim reaper lore.

• verses.

...biography....

when tara blythe decided to spend the summer before grad school travelling across europe, she had anticipated an adventure: expensive wine, beautiful people, incredible shopping. what she never saw coming, however, was eoghan connelly. what was supposed to be a week in belfast turned into two, and soon that turned into a month. when the time came for tara to leave, eoghan begged to be able to see her again. he didn’t dare ask her to stay, knowing that she had an entire life, education and career waiting for her back in america. he would never have tried to make her choose. (it made her love him even more.) after minor consideration, reliable & realistic eoghan took a leap of faith: he asked tara if she’d like for him to move to america. he’d been planning it for a while, he said, and now he has a very good reason to speed the process along. tara insisted that such a decision would NOT be made because of her, and eoghan assured her that it wasn’t. (it was.)to everyone’s surprise, their whirlwind romance withstood the test of time. tara was always a headstrong woman who refused to bend her feminist morals, and eoghan was a doting & supportive partner who never tried to dampen her shine. they were practically made for each other. eoghan proposed to tara six months after moving to the states, but she refused until she completed medical school. when they finally wed, they became dr. and mr. blythe —- eoghan wanted to share a surname with the woman he loved, but he knew far better than to entertain the idea of her changing her name for even a minute. my diploma says tara blythe, she would point out to anyone who questioned their choices. besides, tara connelly sounds like a soulless talk show host.a year and a half after tara’s surgical residency was completed, the blythes welcomed siobhan rianne blythe into the world. eoghan quit his job at the lumber yard with no protest, deciding to stay home with wee siobhan. he threw himself into fatherhood with a passion he had never had for any other job, and the blythe home life was a picturesque one. always full of laughter, toys and love, siobhan was an incredibly well adjusted child —- even if she did scream & wail at six years old when she was told there was another baby on the way.after sinead maxine blythe was brought home from the hospital, siobhan found that she didn’t have as much to protest about as she thought. she afforded a patience to sinead that wasn’t offered to many other people, and despite their differences in appearances it was clear the pair were cut from the same cloth. sinead’s first word was vonnie, baby babble that translated precisely to siobhan. from then on, she was big sister bonnie.
by fourteen bonnie was pioneering fashion & style choices that were out of the norm for their lackluster hometown. all black everything: platform boots & facial piercings & too much eyeliner (as if there’s such a thing). eoghan was unsure about this new phase their eldest daughter was going through, but tara encouraged it. she’s finding who she is, eoghan, she had told him gently. besides — you have to admit, it’s kind of awesome. meanwhile sinead took a more traditional route, preferring volleyball games & yoga pants to bonnie’s metal shows and safety pins.cool mom tara instilled a solid moral compass within her daughters, backed wholeheartedly by eoghan. it was a gift they would carry with them their entire lives, long after tara was gone. unfortunately for the blythes, that loss would come sooner rather than later. two weeks before bonnie’s seventeenth birthday, tara was carjacked. she stood her ground, and lost her life because of it. the thieves dragged her out of the car and shot her, fatally wounding her. she bled out in the street as her bmw peeled away from the scene, tires screeching.the loss devastated the family, and sent them spinning out in all directions. eoghan was consumed by grief. the once attentive father could hardly get himself out of bed, much less be an active participant in the girls’ lives. bonnie stepped up to the plate as much as she could, but she was still a child herself and couldn’t fully handle the responsibility of caring full time for twelve year old sinead. bonnie eventually dropped out of school to work, slinging ice cream and fast food for minimum wage to afford sinead’s volleyball dues. eoghan remained near catatonic for years after tara’s death. it was only after he missed sinead’s sixteenth birthday that bonnie finally lost it with him. she’s not proud of the way she handled the situation, words were said that were crueler than necessary. but it was the kick in the ass he seemed to need, and eoghan finally began to pick himself up and slowly return to the doting father he once was.all those hours spent wasted in bonnie’s part time jobs were not for nothing. she’d been quietly forming a plan for the thing she wanted most in the world: revenge on the stupid fucks that killed her mother and destroyed her family. by twenty two, bonnie had her ged and a job as a bail enforcement agent with the local bondsman. he started her off small, but quickly realized that bonnie had more than a small knack for bounty hunting. as she started to rake in more and more commissions, she was given increasingly difficult assignments. taking notice of her talent, a fellow bounty hunter named walter sherman (or wally, as bonnie ended up calling him) reached out and the pair formed a partnership. wally offered an opportunity for bonnie to expand her horizons and fatten her wallet simultaneously: private mercenary work. (but don’t call them fucking hitmen. jesus. this isn’t a goddamn mafia movie.) bonnie and wally were offered more jobs than they could ever possibly complete, both inside and outside the boundaries of the law. the duo quickly became somewhat notorious amongst certain circles, earning their own shared moniker: THE REAPERS. …. bonnie maintains to this day that that’s fucking stupid.with a little bit of wally’s help, finding tara’s killers was quick work. every day that passed since her mother’s death was leading up to the moment she was able to bring her own brand of justice down on the two men responsible. she probably should have felt bad when she pulled the first guy from his car and blew his fucking brains across the pavement —-- she also probably should have felt bad when she beat the second guy with his own tire iron until he stopped trying to apologize and finally went quiet. but truthfully? she felt better than ever.bonnie never enjoyed hurting people. she liked the chase more than anything, but a wild animal’s gonna lash out when it’s backed into a corner. just call us goddamn animal control, she joked when wally had explained it to the bondsman. sinead and eoghan were never told the full extent of bonnie’s job, just that she was an independent contractor who traveled extensively around the country for her work. as the years passed, she & wally grew closer and closer. she even introduced him to her dad and sister, and ever couple of weeks they would have dinner together at the blythe family home. bonnie’s family grew to love and trust wally, which made what came next all the worse.it was a normal day at first. bonnie had woken up earlier than wally, which was unusual but not concerning. things had been weird between them lately, she’d felt him growing distant in a way she couldn’t quite explain. in a sincere attempt to make him feel better, bonnie decided to make breakfast. she had just flipped a pancake when she heard his footsteps, turning around with the pan in hand & a wide smile on her face. she’ll never forget the look on his face, cold & blank as he points her own fucking handgun between her eyes. sorry, babe, he singsonged mockingly before pulling the trigger.after that —- after she was fucking shot and killed in her own home by her partner —- things get a bit fuzzy. shocker, right? she couldn’t tell you exactly how she got there, but she could tell you where she ended up. in some cruel twist of fate, she became a reaper in death just as she was a reaper in life. newly dead & dying for vengance, bonnie must work her way through her ever-growing list of reaping targets while plotting her revenge on walter. her talents in life mean that she's handed down the most difficult of reaping targets, and she's been paired (much to her protest) with a more experienced reaper who's been knocking people off his list since the 70s, felix.

...verse one....

this is bonnie's life pre-death. she is actively working as a bounty hunter and mercenary, and may or may not be seeking revenge for her mother's death.

...verse two. (main)...

what it says on the tin. this verse takes place after the events described in bonnie's biography. this will be the default verse that interactions will happen in.

...more to be announced!...

...1. how do you become a grim reaper?...

grim reapers are unfortunate souls who died at the wrong time. each one has a set quota of souls that they must reap before they can be released, and the last soul on they reap will take on the mantle in their place.

...2. why can't bonnie reap a bunch of souls quickly to meet her quota?...

the names of the reaped are given to the reapers one by one. they are able to reap unassigned souls, but people can get kind of judgy about that sort of thing. not to mention there's a ton of paperwork involved, and They'll add more to your quota as a punishment.

...3. what happens when someone is reaped?...

someone is reaped when a reaper touches them with their scythe hand, coupled with specific intention to cause their death. this marks them as a target for a graveling, which means their death is imminent. after being reaped, a soul has anywhere from approximately fifteen seconds to ten minutes before they are killed.

...4. what is a graveling?...

gravelings are invisible creatures that cause accidental death. they will do things such as cause a car to lose control, push a person into traffic, cause them to slip and hit their head in the shower, cause heart attacks, etc. most reapers cannot even see them, but they are aware of their existence and their purpose. there isn't much information available beyond that, as details of their species are few and far between.

...5. where do souls go when they die?...

if a soul doesn't become a reaper, they become an angel! ---- no, not the saintly kind, and not the kind with all the eyes either. they basically just get to bypass all the purgatory type stuff and go chill in whatever 'heaven' and 'hell' actually are. we're not hiring right now, go have fun!despite using biblical terms, this does not subscribe to christian beliefs. it's just an accessible way to reference these different states of being + different divine places where nobody, not even reapers, knows what the hell is going on until they're there.

...6. what happens if someone tries to physically fight a reaper?...

attacking bonnie is like attacking a mannequin. sure, you can shoot her or stab her and it'll hurt a little bit. but she won't bleed and she definitely won't die (again). it'll probably just piss her off. turn her into terminator or some shit.

...7. why can't bonnie visit her family?...

she can! and she does. however, she's absolutely unrecognizable to anyone who knew her while she was alive, and she physically cannot just tell them who she is either. it breaks her heart, especially to see them in mourning over her, but she tries to see them as frequently as possible. she knows someday she won't be able to anymore, so she has to do it while she still can.

...more to be announced!...

...basic information....

FULL NAME: temperance daessee brennan (born joy keenan)
NICKNAME(S): bones [seeley booth only], tempe [close friends only]
BIRTH DATE: january 10
MAIN VERSE AGE: 32
ZODIAC: capricorn
GENDER: female
PRONOUNS: she/her
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual

...background....

EDUCATION LEVEL: three doctorate degrees in anthropology, forensic anthropology, and kinesiology
FATHER: max keenan (alias matthew brennan). max and ruth were criminals who went straight after starting their family. when their past caught up with them, they were forced to abandon their children in order to keep them out of danger. temperance was fifteen when they left. max returned to her life over a decade later, and slowly the two began to repair their relationship.
MOTHER: ruth keenan (alias christine brennan). as stated previously, the keenans were forced to abandon their children. however christine died two years after they vanished, and when her remains were recovered temperance was the one to identify them and solve her murder.
SIBLING(S): russ brennan (born kyle keenan). after their parents left, russ was left to be 15 year old temperance's guardian despite only being 19. he was ultimately unable to care for her and moved away to work. temperance was then put in foster care. for a long time temperance resented him for abandoning her, but as an adult reflecting on the situation she was able to understand that he was a child too.
PET(S): she has an iguana who lives in her office
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: tempe has had several relationships over the years, however she doesn't believe in marriage and any relationships she enters into don't tend to last long term. she also isn't really convinced that love is anything but a chemical reaction in the brain.
ARRESTS?: there have been multiple assault charges over the years, however the charges have always been dropped and she has never been tried or convicted.
PRISON TIME?: none

...occupation & income....

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: head of forensic anthropology at the jeffersonian institute
SECONDARY SOURCE OF INCOME: bestselling crime novelist
CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: tempe is very passionate about her work in forensic anthropology. catching murders is the most satisfying and meaningful work she could imagine.
OTHER JOB(S): tempe is an academic at heart. when she's not catching murderers, she's doing any number of things: identifying and exhuming victims of genocide, speaking at universities and colleges, searching for the origin of humanity, etc.
SPENDING HABITS: she's not a flashy person, so she's not likely to spend a large amount on money on she deems frivolous. however she has no problem spending huge amounts of money when she's able to rationalize it, but with the money from her book sales and royalties from the films she's more than able to spend money on whatever she pleases.

...skills & abilities....

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: 7/10
SPEED: 8/10
INTELLIGENCE: 10/10
STAMINA: 8/10
TEAMWORK: 8/10 (only with her established team. she doesn't do so well when introduced to new dynamics)
TALENTS: intellect and analysis, memory and ability to process complex information
SHORTCOMINGS: lack of social skills
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english, latin, spanish, french, mandarin, krio, farsi, and two more you've never heard of

...physical appearance & characteristics....

FACE CLAIM: sophia bush
alternate FACE CLAIM (available upon request): emily deschanel
EYE COLOR: brown
HAIR COLOR: brown
HAIR TYPE/STYLE: thick but managable, silky
GLASSES/CONTACTS?: none
DOMINANT HAND: right
HEIGHT: 5'9
WEIGHT: 145 lbs
BUILD: athletic
EXERCISE HABITS: martial arts, yoga, and running
TATTOOS: none
PIERCINGS: earlobes
MARKS/SCARS:
NOTABLE FEATURES: dimples, bright eyes

...psychology....

MORAL ALIGNMENT: lawful good
MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: autism, mild ocd
SOCIABILITY: moderate
EMOTIONAL STABILITY: high
OBSESSION(S): none
PHOBIA(S): small spaces
ADDICTION(S): none
DRUG USE: none
ALCOHOL USE: occasional
PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: when provoked

...mannerisms....

ACCENT: to be announced
QUIRKS: to be announced
HOBBIES: to be announced
HABITS: to be announced
NERVOUS TICKS: to be announced
DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: to be announced
FEARS: abandonment, snakes [occasionally]
POSITIVE TRAITS: strong sense of justice, determined, loyal
NEGATIVE TRAITS: overly rational, stubborn, competitive
DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: occasionally

...biography....

for the first fifteen years of temperance brennan’s life, things were good. idyllic, even. her parents, a high school science teacher and a bookkeeper, were attentive and loving parents, and her older brother was kind & protective. temperance was a very intelligent child, and her interest in science was undeniable. she knew she wanted to become an anthropologist since she was five years old after watching the movie the mummy for the first time, and her father happily encouraged her to learn as much as she could and supplemented her education at home.
however, a month before her sixteenth birthday, only two weeks before christmas, temperance and russ’ lives changed forever. their parents vanished without a trace, leaving their two children parentless for the holidays. nineteen-year-old russ did his best to care for fifteen-year-old temperance, but he simply wasn’t equipped to raise her. their parents abandonment fundamentally changed his little sister’s outlook on life and the world, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t seem to reel her back in. temperance’s interest in science and anthropology became more focused to the field of forensics, and she spent a huge amount of her time researching and studying, dreaming of finding out what happened to her parents.
things at home were rough between temperance and russ. despite his attempts to care for her, the anger and hurt she felt from their parents’ abandonment was redirected towards him and he couldn’t take it. he tried to do right by her, and after hitting his breaking point he decided that the best thing he could do was leave. he headed out west to work and temperance was put into the foster care system: truly alone in the world for the first time.
as most people’s are, temperance’s time in the system was traumatizing. her lack of understanding of social norms combined with the volatile nature of the foster families she ended up in made for a harsh awakening to the realities of the world. abuse was horribly common, experienced in most of the homes she stayed in. in one particular instance, temperance was locked in a car trunk for two days for breaking a dish, forming a lifelong phobia of tight spaces. school was as much of an escape as it could be, though most of the other kids found temperance weird. too obsessed with death, too intelligent, a bit of a know it all bitch who spent her free time dissecting dead animals. but temperance did her best not to let that sour her: education was the only escape route she had, in the form of being awarded a scholarship to a university far from where she was trapped.
northwestern university is the place she called home after graduating high school and aging out of the foster system. for years she invested her time and intellect into collecting degrees, and eventually she walked the stage with doctorate degrees in anthropology, forensic anthropology, and kinesiology. she was still in her mid twenties when she was hired on at the jeffersonian institute, and had not yet hit 30 when she was promoted to head forensic anthropologist.
the jeffersonian eventually contracted with the fbi and temperance was partnered with special agent seeley booth. she and booth quickly adapted to work as a team and together they solved hundreds of murders using only remains that had decomposed beyond recognition. during this time temperance also began writing novels, lurid crime novels that are renowned for not only their scientific accuracy but the so called spiciness of the romantic scenes. her novels quickly became bestsellers, but she couldn’t care less about the immense influx of cash. she continued her work at the jeffersonian despite being financially set for the rest of her life: after all, her passion lay in identifying remains and bringing justice to those who thought they would get away with taking a life.
eventually, a case is brought to temperance’s attention and she is able to positively identify the remains as her mother, christine. during the investigation into her mother’s murder, it’s revealed that her parents were actually criminals: bank robbers who specialized in safety deposit boxes. temperance’s entire world was turned upside down – not only were her parents not the upstanding citizens she remembered, they weren’t the people she thought they were at all. they weren’t the brennans, they were the keenans, and long before she was called temperance, she had been joy. max and christine got wrapped up with the wrong crew when temperance was only a few months old, and changed their names and identities in an attempt to hide from the criminals who were searching for them. however, those criminals caught up to christine after she and max abandoned the kids, and she lost her life in the skirmish.
while investigating the murder of the deputy director of the fbi, the evidence leads temperance directly to the person she’s been searching for for years: her father. he comes clean to her and reveals that the only reason he and christine abandoned the kids was because if they hadn’t, the criminals who were after them would have killed the kids to get to max and christine. max is arrested and tried for the murder, and slowly he and temperance begin to rebuild their relationship.
over the years she’s dealt with a wide array of cases, including serial killers who have turned their sights on brennan herself as a target. as such she is frequently in high-risk situations and has no problem with navigating tense and dangerous issues. however her partnership with booth has given her a sense of security in these situations that would not be present without him. she is somewhat overconfident in her ability to take care of herself in life or death situations, but it’s worked out so far.

• verses.

...verse one....

this verse takes place during temperance's early 20s, while she is a college student.

...verse two. (main)...

this verse takes place during temperance's time at the jeffersonian institute, where she works with the fbi to solve murders.
interactions will take place prior to the season 6 finale unless plotted otherwise.

...more to be announced!...

...stranger things verse....

in this verse, temperance is a hawkins native. father, a chemistry teacher at the high school, used his connections to get tempe an internship at hawkins lab pre-season one. shortly after will went missing, both of temperance's parents disappeared as well. her brother was unable to care for her and tempe was put into foster care. after learning about the upside down through her internship, she decided to investigate since she believed her parents may had ended up in the alternate dimension. she was working in the lab during season two when the demodogs attacked. after helping evacuate other researchers from the building, temperance joined the main ensemble in their mission to close the gate.providing the team with an off the charts intellect and unmatched rationality, tempe does what she can to help whenever she is needed -- however, her status as a social pariah remains and she is hesitant about assuming the group are interested in actual friendships. she is poor, in foster care and somewhat antisocial. she is almost always alone, spending a majority of her time hiding out in the library or dissecting and analyzing animal remains. most kids her age find her spooky and offputting, but she's certainly popular when it comes time to pick lab partners.please note that in this verse temperance's faceclaim is maude apatow and she will not be played younger than 18.

...basic information....

FULL NAME: diana guo
NICKNAME(S): di
BIRTH DATE: april 29
MAIN VERSE AGE: 40
ZODIAC: taurus
GENDER: demigirl
PRONOUNS: she/they
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual

...background....

EDUCATION LEVEL: degrees in criminology and forensic science, completed medical school and residency
FATHER: kevin guo. diana definitely takes after her father -- he was more reserved than jennifer, but empathetic and able to anticipate her needs. he died when diana was four years old.
MOTHER: jennifer guo. jenny was a photographer for national geographic, and had a bubbly, sociable personality. she died when diana was four years old.
SIBLING(S): none
PET(S): a weiner dog named phalange (phil for short)
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: her ex-husband, dorian vanderbilt. a real estage mogul who came from old money. her paramours: alexa masters, a neurosurgeon, and jordan campbell, a district attorney.
ARRESTS?: none
PRISON TIME?: none

...occupation & income....

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: federal coroner
SECONDARY SOURCE OF INCOME: novelist
CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: diana loves her jobs. it's her favorite thing in the world, and she feels very lucky to have her careers.
PAST JOB(S): she worked the occasional part time job growing up, but nothing significant.
SPENDING HABITS: to be determined

...skills & abilities....

PHYSICAL STRENGTH:
SPEED: 6/10
INTELLIGENCE: 9.5/10
STAMINA: 4/10
TEAMWORK: 3/10
TALENTS: analytics, logic, storytelling
SHORTCOMINGS: extremely guarded, stubborn, condescending
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english, mandarin, cantonese, spanish

...physical appearance & characteristics....

FACE CLAIM: gemma chan
EYE COLOR: brown
HAIR COLOR: black
HAIR TYPE/STYLE: thick, glossy, straight. she often has it in buns, braids, or anything that keeps it out of her way while she works.
GLASSES/CONTACTS?: she has glasses, but frequently wears her contacts as her glasses contribute to overstimulation.
DOMINANT HAND: left
HEIGHT: 5'10
WEIGHT: 150 lbs
BUILD: average, soft, sturdy
EXERCISE HABITS: pilates and personal training sessions twice a week
TATTOOS: to be determined
PIERCINGS: two earlobe piercings, double helix
MARKS/SCARS: to be determined
NOTABLE FEATURES: high cheekbones, full lips

...psychology....

MORAL ALIGNMENT: lawful good
MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: autism
SOCIABILITY: low
EMOTIONAL STABILITY: high
OBSESSION(S): to be determined
PHOBIA(S): planes
ADDICTION(S): none
DRUG USE: none
ALCOHOL USE: she is a wine enthusiast and is contemplating getting certified as a sommelier
PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: no

...mannerisms....

ACCENT: slight new york accent
QUIRKS: to be determined
HOBBIES: writing, wine tasting, reading
HABITS: to be determined
NERVOUS TICKS: to be determined
DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: to be determined
FEARS: to be determined
POSITIVE TRAITS: intelligent, levelheaded, creative
NEGATIVE TRAITS: stubborn, inflexible, bad communicator
DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: occasionally

...biography....

in 1986, a passenger plane went down over the pacific ocean, killing the 112 people onboard. this included the pilot, co-pilot, three flight attendants, and 107 passengers. among the passengers onboard were jennifer and kevin guo, a married couple in their early 20s. the pair were returning to the united states from a visit to rural china: jennifer was a photographer for national geographic, and kevin her dutiful assistant. the two were extremely excited to return home, as they would have arrived just in time to celebrate their daughter diana’s fourth birthday.that birthday is diana’s first formative memory. luckily, she had family to fall back on, namely her grandmother. hui ying, in her early 40s at the time of her daughter’s passing, took diana in and raised her. it felt like deja vu to her: twenty five years before, a heavily pregnant, eighteen-year-old hui ying made the hardest decision of her life & decided to leave her home country of china. desperate to flee her abusive relationship, hui ying moved to the united states. without the slightest idea of where to go or what to do, she gave into instinct: she followed those bright lights to new york city. she found a community for herself there, and it quickly became a home to her. though she had a rebellious spirit and tended to fluster those that were more traditional, the family she built for herself helped her raise jennifer into an incredibly creative, independent woman.diana, though .... diana was different from her mother. she was such a well behaved child, hui ying almost didn’t know what to do. she loved school, and her shy demeanor kept her from getting swept up in the wrong crowd. or any crowd, really. despite her grandmother’s best efforts, diana had a rather lonely childhood. she always felt like an alien amongst humans: out of place somehow, like an imposter. the other kids could tell. she was never invited to other children’s birthday parties, was picked last in gym class. that sort of thing. the indifference was stifling: at times diana would have rather been outright bullied. she found solace in reading, desperate to be taken to some faraway world as often as she could.in high school, she finally began to come out of her shell. she found a niche for herself in the dungeons and dragons club, and for the first time in her life, she had friends. (hui ying, though skeptical about dungeons and dragons, was so relieved diana finally had a social life she decided to overlook it.) she also had her first relationship with a fellow d&d player who had a background that couldn’t be more different than hers. this person taught her a lot about the real world, and helped get diana used to more social situations. she’s not outgoing by any means, but she doesn’t go out of her way to avoid people anymore, and she feels she owes it to this person. they dated for two years, before an amicable breakup when they had to leave for college.after high school, diana knew exactly what she wanted to do: become a coroner. reading mystery novel after mystery novel for the majority of her life had given her the career idea, and she’d been pretty set on it for several years at that point. thanks to a hefty scholarship and a generous gift from her grandmother, diana was able to go to a reputable university. after completing a bachelor’s degree in criminology and forensic science, she attended medical school. during this time, she continued to live with her grandmother, caring for her and keeping her company as she grew older. as the two aged, priorities became a little different. hui ying had never worried about diana’s future, knowing it was bright due to her academics & determination, but something was missing. di hadn’t dated anyone seriously enough to introduce them to her grandmother since that first high school relationship. in classic grandmother fashion, she made it clear that she wanted to see a wedding before she got too old.diana was in her late 20s working at her first ever job when hui ying fell ill. they were told she only had a year to live, if that -- and suddenly, di felt the pressure. after everything her grandmother had done for her, she wouldn’t be able to live with herself if she didn’t give her the only thing she’s ever asked for. so she began her search. it wasn’t fate, really, that dropped her future spouse into her lap. it took work. dorian vanderbilt was a friend of a friend with a reputation that preceded him by a mile, so the news of his falling out with his family was common knowledge in their social circles. she would have felt kind of bad for them, but it was hard to when it presented such a good opportunity for her. it was surprisingly easy to get invited as a plus one to an event they were attending. from there, it was all smooth sailing . she had anticipated from the start that dorian would view her as a trophy to be won moreso than a woman to be romanced, so she was truly taken off guard when he was so .... sweet. she hadn’t prepared herself to actually be charmed by him, but the pair quickly became smitten with each other.they didn’t date for very long before getting married. it was a beautiful, ornate event, and diana had never seen hui ying look so happy. it was everything her grandmother had wanted, and everything di didn’t know she wanted. things with dorian were great at first. they both worked more than they should , dorian moreso than di, but that wasn’t really a problem. she enjoyed her alone time, anyway. things only really started to fracture a few years into their marriage, when hui ying passed away in her sleep. di had no idea how to process all this grief, and shut down emotionally towards her husband. she poured all of these feelings out into writing, and that became the jumping off point for her first ever novel. it was an instant hit with mystery fans, and diana suddenly found herself in high demand ---- from everyone but dorian. she had always admired his drive and ambition, but that only goes so far when you can practically go days without speaking with your partner.whether it was the reality of the situation or not, she felt that same cold indifference from her childhood but now in her marital home. what was she supposed to do? without her grandmother to lean on, diana was truly alone in the world for the first time. she’s not proud of it, but she did what she could to feel less alone. as it turns out, the easiest way to do that is by being with someone. diana had two major affairs over the years of her marriage. her breaking point came on the night of her 35th birthday party, when dorian ended up not coming to her party at the last minute. resigning to his neglectfulness, diana simply accepted the fact that her marriage was over and stopped trying to hide her affair completely. it still took him a significant amount of time to notice anything was wrong, and by that time it was too late.it was a very messy breakup. both of them said things they regretted. ultimately, they divorced, and life went back to normal. diana continued to work as a coroner, consistently doing amazing work. she turned down several promotions over the years, content with where she was at, but a little less than a year ago she began to feel restless. she was once again offered a promotion to become a federal coroner, and she finally gave in and accepted it.

...basic information....

FULL NAME: katheryn marie fuller
NICKNAME(S): kate, katie, katie-cakes
BIRTH DATE: july 8
MAIN VERSE AGE: 23
ZODIAC: cancer
GENDER: female
PRONOUNS: she/her
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual

...background....

EDUCATION LEVEL: high school dropout
FATHER: jacob fuller. a preacher who fell victim to drink and moved the family to mexico. after getting bitten by a culebra, kate mercy-killed him.
MOTHER: jennifer fuller was a beautiful, bright woman who loved her children more than anything. unfortunately she had her own demons to fight, and she took her own life when kate was 17.
SIBLING(S): scott fuller, kate's adopted brother who she loves more than anyone. scott is a culebra.
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: kate dated a boy from her church, kyle, for a while before she left bethel.
ARRESTS?: not canonically
PRISON TIME?: not canonically

...occupation & income....

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: bank robbing and small heists
CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: she would do it forever as long as the gecko brothers are there to help.
PAST JOB(S): she used to be a lifeguard in bethel.
SPENDING HABITS: she doesn't buy a lot. clothes, magazines, nail polish. small things that make her feel more like a normal girl.

...skills & abilities....

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: 6/10
SPEED: 6/10
INTELLIGENCE: 8/10
STAMINA: 4/10
TEAMWORK: 7/10
TALENTS: strategic thinking, intuition,
SHORTCOMINGS: guarded, defensive, stubborn
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english, spanish

...physical appearance & characteristics....

FACE CLAIM: margaret qualley
alternate FACE CLAIM (available upon request): madison davenport
EYE COLOR: green
HAIR COLOR: red
HAIR TYPE/STYLE: thick, glossy, straight
GLASSES/CONTACTS?: none
DOMINANT HAND: right
HEIGHT: 5'2
WEIGHT: 120 lbs
BUILD: pear shaped, athletic
EXERCISE HABITS: she regularly goes on runs
TATTOOS: a small gecko on her right hip
PIERCINGS: ears
MARKS/SCARS: scars across both wrists from when amaru sacrificed her
NOTABLE FEATURES: bright green eyes, soft features, alluring voice

...psychology....

MORAL ALIGNMENT:
MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: chaotic good
SOCIABILITY: high
EMOTIONAL STABILITY: high
OBSESSION(S): none
PHOBIA(S): none
ADDICTION(S): adrenaline
DRUG USE: none
ALCOHOL USE: very rare but occasionally she likes to drink
PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: in certain cases

...mannerisms....

ACCENT: southern accent, faint but recognizable.
QUIRKS: to be determined
HOBBIES:
HABITS: to be determined
NERVOUS TICKS: to be determined
DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: to be determined
FEARS: to be determined
POSITIVE TRAITS: to be determined
NEGATIVE TRAITS: to be determined
DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: infrequently

• verses.

...biography....

katheryn marie fuller. born to jacob and jennifer fuller, kate was raised in small-town texas with her adoptive brother scott. talk about a picture-perfect childhood - she was raised as a girl of god, a preacher’s daughter, pure-souled and unsoiled. she’s seventeen years old when things change. a month away from senior year and momma's dead, daddy’s packed up her and scott and they’re in an rv that looks & smells like SHIT, rolling their way to mexico. kate was worried about her boyfriend, sweet church-boy whose respect for her was engrained into his system - she was worried about senior year, best friends and going to the river. she wasn’t worried about the two infamous brother criminals shooting their way out from abilene - but she should have been.kate fuller. strange ones always took a liking to her. maybe it was the gecko-green eyes or the soft, sweet features. she was still learning how to use these things to her advantage. with a gun to her head, her brother’s head, her father’s head, she learned how. los hermanos gecko were smuggled across the border, walked the fullers into the place of dead roads & didn’t walk them back out again. culebras everywhere, scott took a set of madrigal fangs to the flesh and was changed forever. he gave his newfound ‘gift’ to his father. jacob begged for kate to send him home, & she blessed him with a stake to the heart. kate fuller walked out of the place of dead roads blood-spattered and without a family - she left that bar in seth gecko’s car, tires kicking up dust behind them.kate. she’s just kate now. mistaken for a missionary, little american girl in mexico with a man too old to be a brother but too young to be a father. cheat the little american girl and she’ll cheat you back, she’s pulling scores while the man who appointed himself her guardian transformed before her eyes from someone strong to someone she has to prop up with a pillow. it’s his fault. she knows its true but she tries not to think about it unless they’re fighting & she can throw it in his face. she flirts with the boys in the marketplace until she finds the culebra boy. she tries not to feel bad when he gives her life for hers - after all, they weren’t even that close.kate. she died and rose again - like jesus, but with more bruising. more blood. more hellfire. more possession. more tight leather, more red hair, more black kohl clouded around her eyes. kate watched the world burn around her, trapped in her own body as amaru set things ablaze. but she knew even gods had their girls - had their loves, had their strengths. she said she was weaker but knew she was stronger. together her new family tossed that red-eyed bitch back into the hell she’d climbed out of, the depths of xibalba that kate had walked into with tears clouding those green eyes & walked back out of holding richie gecko’s hand. six months ago she wouldn’t recognize the girl she is today. six months ago was a lifetime and a half ago. girl of god has blood on her hands now.kate gecko, maybe. you know what they say - if the shoe fits. girl with a gun & a sundress on, smiling between the two infamous brothers - preacher’s daughter who’s pulling scores. beaming at the bank tellers as they lead her partners to the vault. she thinks too much about spilled blood & human sacrifices. reaching into someone’s guts & pulling out a viper, watching them crumple & die without it. she thinks too much about darkness, about an unending summer where the heat rolls off the texas ground - or maybe it’s mexico - in suffocating waves. but at least she’s the only one in her body when she wakes up. amaru only whispers to her through dreams. kate doesn’t mind it so much anymore. if she listens hard enough, the voice whispering in xibalban is almost comforting.

...genesis....

set pre-fdtd. kate fuller is between 16-18 years old depending on the plot and living in bethel, texas. ( this location is subject to change depending on what’s plotted. ) she’s about to start/is in her senior year of high school. her father is a preacher & her mother is recently deceased. she knows nothing of culebras & gecko boys. her biggest issues are the church boy who thinks he’s in love with her, and poking around trying to figure out the truth behind what happened to her mother.

...exodus....

set post season 1. kate fuller is 18 years old and living in mexico. ( this location is subject to change depending on what’s plotted. ) her father is dead & she has lost contact with her brother. with only seth for company, who has fallen into the sinkhole of drugs, kate braves the journey into womanhood alone. she has learned how to pull small scores by herself, & leans towards pickpocketing when she has to. she knows about culebras & is focused on trying to find her brother and figure out a way to help him curb his newfound thirst for blood without hurting anyone.

...leviticus....

set during season 3. kate fuller is 18 years old and possessed by amaru, the queen of hell. she cannot control amaru’s actions, & is forced to watch as the xibalban deity lays waste to her life & loved ones. this verse will be highly selective.

...numbers. (main)...

set post season 3. kate fuller is 22 years old and is the third piece of a heist trio. together with los hermanos gecko, she robs banks & puts down scores with the legendary brothers. it’s still difficult territory to navigate, but she’s able to take care of herself better now. she suffers from ptsd from her possession & trip to xibalba.

...deuteronomy....

zombie apocalypse verse. when the zombie outbreak started, kate, her father, & her brother were on their way to mexico. the events of season 1 followed, but instead of culebras flooding the twister, it was walkers. her father was bitten and kate had to put a bullet in his head or wind up dead herself. she lost her brother somewhere along the way, and is still holding out hope that he’s alive and is searching for him desperately.

...more to be announced!...

...joshua....

katheryn (also known as kate) is a guardian angel, sent down from heaven for the first time in hundreds of years to watch over her charge. she’s clumsy and not quite used to being on earth anymore, but is excited nonetheless. while michael is her number one priority, her disposition inclines her towards taking care of as many humans as possible, and soothing as much hurt as she can. this task is more difficult than she anticipated, as the modern world has so many more things to be upset over than she’s had to deal with in the past.

...judges....

during the events of the season 2 finale, kate didn’t die. instead, she was given culebra venom against her will, turning her into one of the snakes. unwilling to live a life where she has to harm the others in order to survive, she’s resigned herself to a death of slow starvation. sustenance comes from stray animals and livestock, and even that she only regrets. she’s angry, lonely, and looking for an exit.

...ruth....

this is kate’s future verse. her age will vary from 25-30ish (with exceptions). her faceclaim will be megan fox. she will be a seasoned criminal at this point. she will, for the most part, still be working closely with the geckos, but this is subject to change from plot to plot. she has little to no desire to reform her ways, and has accepted the fact that the rest of her life is likely to be spent as an outlaw or in jail.

...1st samuel....

this is kate’s stranger things/it verse. after her mother’s death, she and her family went on a road trip and ended up settling in hawkins or derry, whichever is connected to the respective fandom. she, scott, and jacob live in a tiny house, and kate is attending high school for her junior year of school. her father has gone a little bit off the rails, overindulging in drink and having lost his faith. he’s unemployed, and kate is working as a gas station attendant after school to try to keep the fullers afloat.

...2nd samuel....

this is kate’s jail/prison verse. at nineteen, a bank robbery with the geckos went sideways and all three of them were arrested for the multiple armed robberies. so the entirety of this verse will take place with kate in prison/jail.

...1st kings....

this is kate’s college verse. the events of the show never happened. instead, after her mother committed suicide, her father fell heavily into drinking and slurred his way through sermons every sunday. she is a college student, admitted to the college of her choice on a full-ride volleyball scholarship. she’s currently undecided on her major, but is considering either nursing or teaching. she also works part time at a frozen yogurt shop to help pay bills and to save for scott’s college education.

...BASIC INFORMATION....

FULL NAME: maxine lorraine mayfield
NICKNAME(S): max
species: human (oracle)
BIRTH DATE: march 31
MAIN VERSE AGE: 16-18
ZODIAC: aries
GENDER: female
PRONOUNS: she/her
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic (female preference)
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual (female preference)

...background....

EDUCATION LEVEL: high school student
FATHER: samuel mayfield. an unreliable 'disneyland dad', sam's presence in his daughter's life mainly consisted of broken promises and situations a child should not have been put into.
MOTHER: susan mayfield. max's relationship with her mother is somewhat tense. her early years were spent being pressured by susan into being more 'girly', a sincere attempt to set her daughter up for success. susan's unstable love life also set a negative example for max as she grew older, and this realization is one of the reasons she breaks things off with lucas for her.
SIBLING(S): max has one older step brother, william harrington (deceased). billy was a complicated guy, with deepseated issues that bled into every single one of his relationships -- including max. her feelings towards him were conflicted, even moreso after his death.
PET(S): a golden retriever, diana, who also serves as max's guide dog.
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: lucas sinclair. amicable exes.
ARRESTS?: none, although she's had some scrapes with the law -- she knows her rights!

...occupation and income....

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: as an adult max pursues a career in law.
CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: max loves her job -- arguing for a living? come on. it's basically made for her.

...skills and abilities....

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: 6/10
SPEED: 4/10 (its harder to run when you're blind.)
INTELLIGENCE: 7/10
STAMINA: 8/10
TEAMWORK: 7/10
TALENTS: skateboarding, storytelling
SHORTCOMINGS: quick temper, sarcastic nature
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english

...physical appearance and characteristics....

FACE CLAIM: sadie sink
EYE COLOR: blue
HAIR COLOR: ginger red!
HAIR TYPE/STYLE: max's hair is wavy and thick, and is frequently left to run wild. when it's not loose, she prefers to keep it in braids or tossed up into a scrunchie.
GLASSES/CONTACTS?: none
DOMINANT HAND: right
HEIGHT: 5'2
WEIGHT: 105 lbs
BUILD: skinny but strong.
EXERCISE HABITS: poor
TATTOOS: none.... yet
PIERCINGS: earlobes
MARKS/SCARS: heavily freckled, a birthmark on her left hip. knees and elbows are scarred from frequent skating injuries... and getting vecna'd.
NOTABLE FEATURES: bright hair, freckles, glassy eyes.

...psychology....

MORAL ALIGNMENT: chaotic good
MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: ptsd, depression, anxiety.
SOCIABILITY: moderate
EMOTIONAL STABILITY: moderate to low
PHOBIA(S): locked in syndrome
DRUG USE: post s4 she starts buying weed off of eddie to help with anxiety.
ALCOHOL USE: light
PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: when pushed in that direction.

...mannerisms....

ACCENT: socal baby!
QUIRKS: tba
HOBBIES: tba
HABITS: tba
NERVOUS TICKS: tba
DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: tba
FEARS: tba
POSITIVE TRAITS: loyal, protective, brave
NEGATIVE TRAITS: headstrong, stubborn, impudent
DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: fuck yeah she does.

• verses.

...biography....

every house maxine mayfield ever lived in has been tumultuous. from birth, it seems she’s been a magnet for chaos: her mom always told her she learned to run before she learned to walk. the earliest days of her childhood were spent in the california sun, climbing trees and scraping knees until the sun began to set and it was time to return home to her parents. she was always closer to her father than her mother: where her mother was a pushover, feminine & weak, her father was cool. he showed max her first horror movie, taught her how to open locks, and taught her how to drive his car before she had even made it to middle school. to sam, being a ‘cool’ parent was synonymous with reckless. careless. he put max in dangerous positions without batting an eye, including bringing her to bars and his criminal counterfeiting deals. max loved it — but what child wouldn’t?on the first day of first grade, as the other children ran wild across the playground, a boy caught max’s attention. huddled under the slide with a tear-stained face, nate walker was hiding from a trio of boys who had been chasing him with a dead worm on a stick. in solidarity, she crawled under and sat beside him, and just like that max had her first ever best friend. two years later nate and his brother took a trip to venice beach, and when they returned skateboarding was practically all they could talk about. the three of them began to learn together, every scraped knee and road rash bonding them like battle scars.max never really figured out why her parents divorced, but she knew the split was brutal on all three of them. sam fucked off to los angeles, leaving max alone with her mother. things were tense between them, mainly because of susan’s distaste for max’s boyish pastimes and max’s refusal to roll over and do what was asked. sam only came to visit once or twice, and the space between was filled with broken promises. by the time she was eleven, max stopped believing him when he said he’d come. sam was a man who was easily bored, and while he was fun to be around for a while it always ended in heartbreak.max and susan weren’t on their own for very long, though. there was a small string of men that came and went after sam left, none lasting for very long —- they were fleeting. susan must have been looking for a change of pace, because she was swept off her feet by stable, reliable neil hargrove. he wasn’t warm or particularly kind, but he offered a certainty to life that susan desperately needed. he checked all the boxes: a provider who was always home for dinner, didn’t have substance or gambling problems, bought her flowers and ruffled max’s hair. he was there to stay, too: she could already imagine being a part of a happy family again, where she could come home to people who loved her.it wasn’t until susan and neil were about to get married that she was told that she’d be getting a brother as well as a stepdad. she’d always wanted a brother, and her excitement only grew after she actually met billy for the first time. not only did she have a new brother, she had a cool new brother! her family was growing. three weeks later, after the families move in together, the dynamic starts to shift. neil quickly showed his true colors & revealed his abusive nature, but for stability’s sake she was determined to stay. billy seemed to be whiplash in human form, acting like a total douchebag one minute and then being the brother she so desperately wanted him to be the next. they bond over cars and he gives max her first cigarette, but every nice moment was glass that billy couldn’t help but shatter. even when she tried to help by stopping neil from giving him a beating, billy punished her for his humiliation.billy’s presence in max’s life complicated certain things, namely her friendship with nate. he tended to insert himself into max’s social life, finding entertainment in making messes and watching max clean them up. one fateful day was different, though: while max and nate were hanging out, billy appeared and began to question the nature of their relationship. max naturally got a bit defensive, and things escalated. nate intervened in max’s and billy’s fight, and billy mercilessly broke nate’s arm in retaliation. he forces max to swear that she won’t tell anyone what actually happened, and the well is poisoned beyond repair. nate never spoke to max again. billy had cost her her best friend. at a certain point, susan and neil come to a realization that billy is completely out of control. deciding that a fresh start would do everyone some good, they decide to move the family to hawkins. after learning this, max tries to run away from home to live with her dad, but is quickly returned to the hargrove-mayfields. billy thinks that max told their parents the truth & that’s why they’re being forced to leave just before his senior year, and in turn max blames him. in hawkins, things only become more complicated.a fresh start seemed…. less than appealing to max. she dreaded her arrival in hawkins & the loneliness that was sure to follow. she never really fit the type of a ‘girl’s girl’, which made talking to other girls feel… alien, like they were speaking in a foreign language. (not to mention the uncomfortable, excited, nervous flutter she would get in her stomach when a pretty girl smiled her way or leaned so close she could count the freckles on their cheeks.) she resigned herself quickly to her new reality: she’d be eating lunch alone for the rest of the year. well…. maybe not alone. the dorks in the ghostbusters costumes were actually pretty funny, even if the ringleader seemed to hate her for no good reason. (he could join the club, she thought – but she wasn’t bitter. not at all.) despite dustin and lucas’ eagerness to befriend her, max couldn’t help but hesitate: the scenery may different, but billy was still the same person that broke nate’s arm. after careful consideration, she accepted the olive branch of trick-or-treating. it was nice to be a part of something again, chatting and joking with the boys as they collected candy. will’s episode caught her off guard, and despite lucas’ explanation she couldn’t help but feel like there was something he wasn’t telling her. she’d find out soon enough.the hot-and-cold of the party was beyond frustrating, so when max found herself locked outside of the av room she decided to solve the problem. thanks, sam, for teaching her how to use a paperclip to pick a lock, even though when the door swings open a…. weird, slimy little creature scuttles it’s way across the floor and down the hallway. that disgusting, slippery thing was only the first of many dominos to fall. lucas wove her a tale about a girl with telekinesis and a man eating monster with no face, and max… obviously didn’t believe it. who would? but proof would soon come in the form of that little creature, which ate & grew until it became the dreaded demogorgon monster that terrorized the town once before. with the weight of the world on the children’s shoulders, billy fucking hargrove comes out of the woodwork to ruin max’s life – again. this time he didn’t stop at a broken arm, though: he nearly beat steve harrington to death. as wrong as it may be, it was really cathartic to be the one to (rather forcefully) inject billy with a sedative, and even more cathartic to be the one with the power for once. she wielded a nail-punched baseball bat & an empty threat to form a truce of sorts, billy swearing he would leave max & her friends alone before he passed out.with the world saved and billy’s blessing (to use the term loosely), max was free to hang out with the party as much as they wanted. lucas & dustin’s feelings towards her were obvious from the beginning, but she had been reluctant to open that door given billy’s behavior in the past. besides, it was kind of exciting having people be interested in dating her. no one had ever looked at her in that way before, and it gave a much-needed boost to her self esteem. max wasn’t a big fan of the way dustin treated her, though: she wasn’t a prize to be won. she held no grudges, though, and formed a close friendship with dustin even as things grew romantic between her & lucas. when he finally got up the courage to ask her to the snow ball, she happily said yes (even though she emphasized that she would not be wearing a dress).it’s at the snow ball that jane ives would march up to her, wide-eyed and determined, and practically shove a cup of punch under her nose: a peace offering max hadn’t foreseen. she had heard so much about jane, but they had only ever seen each other once before —- and when they had briefly met in the eye of the storm, she hadn’t been the most receptive. max had really tried to hide how utterly crushed she had been by it. ever since she had first heard of the other girl, she had gotten her hopes up. surely the two girls in a group would be friends, right? she was sincerely excited at the prospect of having a female friend, which made the initial snub sting all the more. but the punch that’s being held out insistently speaks to a second chance… and max drinks the whole thing, even though she hates it.before long, the two were best friends. max’s relationship with lucas had begun a cyclical on-again-off-again pattern, and she was sure jane was tired of hearing the same complaints over and over. they’re at a sleepover when she comes to the realization that the pattern of instability she had with lucas was an echo of her parents – her actual parents – and she didn’t want to end up like that. wanting to end the cycle before they started hating each other, max ended things as amicably as possible. she didn’t consider that door closed, but she needed time on her own to grow without the fear of billy looming behind her. unfortunately, billy became more of a looming threat than ever when he was targeted by the mind flayer, making him a puppet to the evil that sought to destroy hawkins. it nearly succeeded, but in the last moment billy was able to regain some level of autonomy. he sacrificed himself to save jane, and max froze in horror as she watched her stepbrother get impaled time after time by the mind flayer’s weapons. he gurgled out i’m sorry to his sister before death took him, leaving max traumatized and guilt-ridden.in the months after billy’s death, max isolated herself as much as she could. she stopped talking to her friends around the same time she stopped sleeping in a vain attempt to prevent nightmares. they tried to reach out to her, but she just stopped picking up. she blamed herself deeply for billy’s death, and punished herself since he couldn’t. neil and susan started fighting, and eventually he left. (just like they all do.) susan picked up an extra job to keep a roof over their heads, but with her heavy drinking & the mortgage on the house they couldn’t do it. the mayfields moved into a trailer, next door to eddie and wayne munson. max’s grades started slipping, and soon she was being forced into meetings once a week with the school counselor. (fucking awesome.) in her silence she became more observant, moving through her own life like a tourist.it was because of this newfound attention to detail that she approached dustin on the morning chrissy cunningham’s mutilated body was found in eddie munson’s trailer, and fred benson’s was found in the same condition shortly after in the middle of the road. after getting the team back together, they track down eddie, who explains how chrissy was killed by unseen forces, dubbed ‘vecna’. they fill him in on the lesser-known goings-on in hawkins, and formulate another plan. while sleuthing to find connections between the victims, max had a vision that left her stricken with terror: a looming grandfather clock, a death sentence from vecna.suddenly max found herself facing imminent death. in a race against the clock, she decided to create a failsafe: written letters to her parents and every member of the party. the envelope labeled ‘billy’ stayed clutched in her hand, her grip only loosening after steve drove her, lucas, and dustin to the cemetery so she could speak to her brother. as max read her apology letter, a voice called from the darkness. billy appeared – or rather, vecna wearing billy’s likeness like a mask – voicing max’s darkest thoughts as she ran for her life. she’s no match for him on her own, though, and he easily catches up to her. it’s only when kate bush’s voice floats into her ears that vecna’s hold seems to briefly loosen. max had thought about dying dozens of times since billy left, but when confronted with it in this manner, it was all too real. thinking of the people she loved and who loved her, max did the bravest thing she could: she chose to run.it was a close call. max tumbled out of the air when vecna lost his grip on her, unable to smother the terrified yet relieved sobs that wracked her body. the relief was shortlived, though, since she was still marked as a target. they decided to use it to their advantage, and max offered herself to vecna (slash henry slash one) as bait with jane by her side. unfortunately this time max wouldn’t escape unscathed.when henry kills, he does not simply kill. he consumes. that’s exactly what he did to max when he martyred her: as the light faded from her eyes it was absorbed into him & his power. she has no clear memories of the sixty seconds she was dead & her ensuing coma, but an icy chill still raises the hair on the back of her neck whenever the red, swirling images intrude into her mind.jane’s revival was a messy, imperfect thing just as much as it was a display of raw power. she was able to physically restart heart & brain functions, but psychically, max would be a bit harder to retrieve.it took time for jane to figure out exactly why her friend was completely absent from the void. weeks were spent hand in unresponsive hand, blood dripping from her nose as she searched. max isn’t sure exactly what was done to exorcize her from vecna, but it worked. after waking & a long recovery journey, max was eventually released from the hospital and into the care of her loved ones. things seemed… fine. settled. like maybe, just maybe, the people of hawkins would finally be able to breathe. then the visions started.the first time max grew stiff & her eyes rolled back into her head, pure terror struck the people around her. eerily similar to the trance henry’s victims had been put into prior to sacrifice, it only made sense to fear the worst. but max’s release wasn’t followed with horror, or even stress: instead , curiosity & confusion . she hadn’t been forced to bear witness to the endless replay of traumatic memories , but rather watched a hazy, dreamlike vision of jim hopper making a clumsy speech & getting down on one knee, offering joyce byers what max could only assume was a ring. she relayed this to the party, shaking it off as an odd, vivid daydream —- then two weeks later, hop proposed.for months, max was afforded brief glimpses of the future fairly regularly. she was even becoming accustomed to it, and trying to establish some sense of control over them. small, goofy experiments took place amongst the friend group, max constantly being prompted to guess the end of movies or what grade mike was going to get on his spanish quizzes (it was always, always a c). then came the visions from the past: it started with peeks into moments that had happened while max was in her coma, but after that the timeline becomes scattered, moments ranging from the 1800s to mere months ago. there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to what is shown to her, but with time, effort and jane's support, she hopes to be able to focus & see specific instances at will .

gap
when max’s soul was pried apart from henry’s, it wasn’t a clean break. souls are not like oil and water: they entangle, enmesh, melt & blend together. it was surgery with a butcher knife in place of a scalpel, a messy hacking removal of something that wasn’t supposed to be there & needed out at all costs. bits & pieces of henry’s more vulnerable psyche clung to max & her determination, drawn in by the strength & love that kept her anchored to life. when she returned to her body, so did those pieces —- and with henry finally defeated, those pieces settled into their new home & manifested differently as they assimilated into max.prophetic visions hadn’t been on her 1989 bucket list, but stranger things have happened, right?

...verse one....

this verse takes place during the canon stranger things timeline up to (and including) season four. max is aged sixteen or younger and has not yet lost her vision.

...verse two. (main)...

this verse takes place post season four (and assumedly season 5). with the war between dimensions over and the dust settling, it's time for max to focus on healing and recovery. with help from her cousin murphy and a guide dog, she begins to adjusts to the loss of her vision. while she struggles to finish high school, she does eventually get her diploma.

...more to be announced!...

...modern verse....

canon events still take place, but modernized. more elaboration to come.

...it's coming up lavender verse....

this is max's older verse. with great determination (and the help of one steve harrington), max is accepted into college and pursues a degree in law. she worked as a public defender for several years before moving into the private sector as a very successful (if somewhat notorious) defense attorney.please note that max's fc in this verse is amy adams.