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Character Chart
Character’s full name: Maria [REDACTED]
Reason or meaning of name: Hmmm...
Character’s nickname: Sunny
Reason for nickname: I just really like the sun!
Birth date: January 8th, 1995
Physical appearance
Age: 24
How old does he/she appear: 19
Weight: ~130 lbs
Height: 5’’1
Body build: Curvy
Shape of face: Heart-shaped
Eye color: Brown/hazel
Glasses or contacts: No
Skin tone: Fair
Distinguishing marks: Freckles!
Predominant features: Long hair, bangs, big titties
Hair color: Brown
Type of hair: Straight; lower-back length
Hairstyle: Loose
Voice: High and clear (quote)
Overall attractiveness: 8 (quote)
Physical disabilities: None
Usual fashion of dress: High femme; lots of pink, lace, dresses, heels, and makeup
Favorite outfit: Black skater skirt, gray top, black heels
Jewelry or accessories: Locket from E, gold ring, princess ring, cubic zirconium ring, band ring
Personality
Good personality traits: Kind, funny, opinionated
Bad personality traits: Impatient, impulsive, weak, prideful
Mood character is most often in: Forced cheerfulness
Sense of humor: Dry or bizarre, no in between
Character’s greatest joy in life: Relationships with others
Character’s greatest fear: Failure
Why? It seems to be all they've ever known
What single event would most throw this character’s life into complete turmoil? If all the grad schools they applied to either rescinded their offers, or rejected them, or if Talia decided she didn't like them anymore
Character is most at ease when: They're surrounded by trusted friends or family
Most ill at ease when: They're in a situation in which they feel they don't show to their best advantage
Enraged when: Someone tries to oppress the downtrodden
Depressed or sad when: They have a tendency towards this all the time, but especially when they feel rejected, or when outside events are bad
Priorities: Building and maintaining relationships; material success; having fun; learning as much as possible; making the world a better place
Life philosophy: Do no harm, but take no shit
If granted one wish, it would be: If it could be any wish, they would wish for the end of capitalism, financial equity for all, universal healthcare, universal food and shelter, and the end of planned obsolescence (this counts as one wish). If it has to be personal, then to be thirty, well-employed with a doctorate in a field they love, happily married with a kid, with a good social circle, a greater cause, and a clean house.
Why? The capitalism thing, because they're a decent human being. The other thing, because they crave normalcy. It's all they ever wanted.
Character’s soft spot: Passionate people, funny people, shy people-- just, humanity in all of its greatness
Is this soft spot obvious to others? Probably highly
Greatest strength: Compassion
Greatest vulnerability or weakness: Underdeveloped sense of self
Biggest regret: Not seeking help for their mental illnesses earlier
Minor regret: Not working harder to save some relationships
Biggest accomplishment: Graduating from UCLA, and honestly? Not dying.
Minor accomplishment: Finding a good network of supportive people.
Past failures he/she would be embarrassed to have people know about: Getting kicked out of the University of Georgia for being a liability
Why? It feels like they had everything going for them, and they threw it away for no reason.
Character’s darkest secret: Sometimes, they still want to die
Does anyone else know? No, and they would prefer to keep it that way
Goals
Drives and motivations: Love, mostly
Immediate goals: To graduate from school and get a job
Long term goals: To get married and start a family (whether that looks like kids or cats or whatever)
How the character plans to accomplish these goals: They're going to England, which will help with the school part, and the relationship part
How other characters will be affected: Their friends and family in the US will miss them, but they will gain new friends in the UK. Their relationship with their girlfriend will (hopefully) also improve. Most of their relationships will be tested, as they will need to work hard to maintain them.
Past
Hometown: Two parts-- the first is a tiny small town "in the middle of nowhere" in the Midwest. Sunny and their family were the only "ethnic" people in town, and it was lonely and drab. However, they don't remember that much. The second half of their childhood and adolescence was spent in a privileged, fairly sleepy little town, where the most exciting thing to do was go to Barnes and Noble on the weekend.
Type of childhood: They don't remember most of it. However, they were abused and neglected by their parents, and may have some repressed early childhood trauma as well. They also had many interests and hobbies, and spent most of their time playing elaborate games with their siblings, reading, or playing music.
Pets: Their family always had guinea pigs.
First memory: Experimenting to see how far they could push a cup to the edge of the table without it falling.
Most important childhood memory: Reading Little Women and realizing what kind of person they wanted to be for the rest of their life
Why: The characters were so kind, and even though their lives sucked, they loved each other so much, and set their best faces against the world. It was beautiful.
Childhood hero: Their mom
Dream job: Princess
Education: Currently a Masters student in Psycholinguistics; previously studied Linguistics and Cognitive Science at UCLA
Religion: The whole family grew up very fundamentalist Christian, with rather strict and damaging worldviews imposed.
Finances: Comfortable middle-class family.
Present
Current location: In their hometown.
Currently living with: Their mother and younger brother.
Pets: None
Religion: They have issues with organized religion, however they're spiritual now.
Occupation: Grad student
Finances: Their upper-middle class mother is supporting them, but they have very little money of their own. This is a point of great shame for them.
Family
Mother: Wonderful, but neglectful when Sunny was growing up. However, she's now making up for it by being codependent.
Relationship with her: Good, if sometimes overly involved
Father: Abusive and weird
Relationship with him: Estranged and distant; on cordial terms, but not much more
Siblings: One neurotic older brother, a wise and healthy younger sister, and an alarmingly balanced younger brother
Relationship with them: Pleasant and affectionate with the brothers; deeply loving and supportive with the sister
Spouse: No, but they have a serious girlfriend
Relationship with him/her: Amazing in every conceivable way
Children: None, but they want some
Relationship with them: N/A
Other important family members: One grandmother who's fairly involved in their life, but with whom they don't have a strong personal relationship. They're also trying to establish a relationship with their uncle.
Favorites
Color: Pink
Least favorite color: None
Music: Classic rock, indie stuff, classical, alt-pop, Broadway
Food: Spicy/salty things, and strongly-flavored food in general, but their favorite is sushi.
Literature: Pretentious "high literature" type books or pulp romance fan fiction.
Form of entertainment: News, social media, articles, writing, and then reading what they wrote
Expressions: Puns all day
Mode of transportation: A stick-shift car, and they like to go as fast as possible.
Most prized possession: Their phone!
Habits
Hobbies: Writing, cooking, music
Plays a musical instrument? Violin and viola, and they sing
Plays a sport? Absolutely not
How he/she would spend a rainy day: Ideally, they would have friends come over, and everyone would cuddle up together and spend the day just being happy in each other's presence.
Spending habits: Impulsive. They'll buy things and regret it. Aside from this, though, they're very thrifty.
Smokes: Occasionally
Drinks: Also occasionally. They're a recovering alcoholic, and have to be careful.
Other drugs: Marijuana
What does he/she do too much of? Lying around in a depressed funk
What does he/she do too little of? Exercising
Extremely skilled at: Coming up with hymn arrangements for family performances and knowing all the old hymns/carols
Extremely unskilled at: Dancing
Nervous tics: Playing with their hair
Usual body posture: Very good. Once, their middle school friend told them that it was weird.
Mannerisms: Giggling, playing with their hair, random bursts of affection
Peculiarities: They're afraid of fire; they like bugs; they're extremely mentally ill, but they try to fight past that and be optimistic anyway; they talk to themself all the time; they have a horrible sense of direction
Traits
Optimist or pessimist? Optimist
Introvert or extrovert? Extrovert
Daredevil or cautious? They're somewhat of both
Logical or emotional? Again, somewhat of both
Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat? They're neat in the things they can control, but they were raised in unhealthily bad chaos, and sometimes that takes over.
Prefers working or relaxing? Working on something.
Confident or unsure of himself/herself? They appear confident, but they're actually very insecure.
Animal lover? Sort of. They like people more, and some animals scare them (like dogs).
Self-perception
How he/she feels about himself/herself: They hate themself and have all their life, but they're trying to work on falling in love with themself, and it's hard work, but they know it's worth it
One word the character would use to describe self: Bubbly
One paragraph description of how the character would describe self: I'm a tiny ball of sunshine, and I'm so full of love that I can't even contain it sometimes. However, I'm also weak, temperamental, impatient, prideful, and probably very annoying in large doses, and I'm quieter than I would wish. I love angels, and I get compared to one often, and I have a weird obsession with the 19th-century novel Les Misérables. My favorite food is sushi, and I run through lip balm in such high quantities that it's practically alarming. I'm also a nonbinary lesbian, and I love my girlfriend very, very much!
What does the character consider his/her best personality trait? Their resilience
What does the character consider his/her worst personality trait? Their selfishness (or what they perceive to be selfishness)
What does the character consider his/her best physical characteristic? Their tits
What does the character consider his/her worst physical characteristic? Their stomach holy shit they hate their stomach
How does the character think others perceive him/her: As a dumb blonde valley girl with a heart of gold
What would the character most like to change about himself/herself: Their laziness
Relationships with others
Opinion of other people in general: They try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. They love people, and think they're super great.
Does the character hide his/her true opinions and emotions from others? Yes, almost constantly
Person character most hates: Probably some politician
Best friend(s): Natalie, an eccentric artist with the worst luck in the history of the world who nonetheless remains cheerful and kind.
Love interest(s): E, a beautiful, loving English girl with a talent for writing and a heart as big as the Atlantic Ocean.
Person character goes to for advice: Their sister, Talia
Person character feels responsible for or takes care of: Their little brother, Anselm
Person character feels shy or awkward around: People whom they think might look down on them
Person character openly admires: Talia
Person character secretly admires: They admire everyone pretty openly
Most important person in character’s life before story starts: This is not actually a question I can answer
After story starts: Neither is this
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