#palmviewintro

[loversfms]

[ … ] ❀ you’re not from around here , are you? i figured because you totally just missed theodora herrera salazar walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who she is ? they kind of look like cierra ramirez and i could be wrong but i think that they might be twenty - nine years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last four years. and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of jessica day from new girl. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at sunshine bakery as a baker. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the mooncalf of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty credulous at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty carefree to me. we see each other all the time since they live in that three bedroom apartment beside me over in sunny shores. i better leave you to it. it was nice meeting you!

STATS:

full name : theodora herrera salazar nickname(s) : theo, thea, teddy, dora, dory, ted birthplace : portland, oregon date of birth : october 27, 1995 parentage : david herrera & camila salazar sibling(s) : n / a ! relationship status : it's complicated lol gender identity : cis woman ( she/her ) sexual orientation : bisexual faceclaim : cierra ramirez

BACKGROUND:

born to two parents who were looking to create their own outlook on life

david and camila met in community college and quickly began their whirlwind romance

they were only together for four months before david popped the question, and camila eagerly said yes

and only four months later, camila became pregnant with theodora. they proudly eloped -- they just couldn't wait to start life together

despite their wild beginning, the two created a happy and healthy home that feels the same to this day

theodora was an only child. a fact that bothered her so as a kid, but as she grew up, she was able to appreciate that fact a lot more.

because she was an only child, she had to really be outgoing to surround herself with other people. neighbors were easy friends to make ( forced proximity made things very simple ), and her parents always drilled into her how important it was to have a COMMUNITY. neighbors were easy people to recruit seeing how they were right next door anyway.

her parents were always dreamers, encouraging theodora that she could do whatever she set her mind to. they repeated affirmations as a family every morning, and made sure to highlight the good in the day every night at dinner.

she began helping her mother with cooking and baking when she was just a toddler. a love of food that only grew with age.

by the time she was just ten years old, she was baking cookies and brownies all on her own. she loves creating different flavors and presenting them to her parents ( who were always sure to give her honest and constructive criticism on her recipes )

once she graduated high school, she went to school for baking and pastry arts to perfect her craft. she'd always dreamed of opening her own bakery.

once she graduated, she tried to run her own business out of her home. solely hoping on word of mouth to get her business, she always tried to go above and beyond for those she served.

after a couple of years, though, she needed a change. it wasn't that she didn't love the life she had. she did. but she felt there was more out there for her. and how would she know if she didn't explore?

with some savings ( and both financial and emotional support from her parents ) she traveled to five of the most glamorous-seeming states she could. california, nevada, texas, new york, and florida. and, even though she's seen all the crazy news that's come from it, she fell in love quickly with florida.

she'd decided that's where the wind would take her. luckily she found a nice place in palmview grove with a bakery that was currently hiring. there was no way she could attempt a cross-country move and a business opening. she could work her way there once she got comfortable.

so now, she's here.

PERSONALITY:

so, she's always been outgoing and personable, which is how she's gotten by. she has no problem talking to anyone and everyone, and will gladly start a conversation with a stranger out in public. is it always the wisest decision ? no, but she's been a decent judge of character thus far.

she was never the smartest, but that never mattered much to her ( or to her parents ). she would average C's and B's in school -- enough to get by, but nothing outstanding. she's definitely more emotionally smart than anything else, but she considers it her biggest strength. many people are book smart, but how many people know their limit ? how many people know, in the moment, just when to walk away ? so, sure, she's not the smartest on paper. but she doesn't care.

absolutely adores her parents and is grateful for the way she was raised, so she does mention them and their *isms* frequently

theodora has always been a little bit eccentric, and she has grown to love that about herself over the years. she's loud, confident, and wears her heart on her sleeve. this does, unfortunately, leave her to be a bit gullible and naive, always believing the best in those around her ( even if they've shown her time and time again they are not the best ). she believes in growth and change and would hate to miss someone's best self because she locked them out forever. she's definitely a "forgive and kind of forget" type.

literally like dug from up i fear... hi there ! my name is theodora. i have just met you and i love you.

©

[evigh3t]

you’re   not   from   around   here   ,   are   you?   i   figured   because   you   totally   just   missed   SØREN   HOLMSTRÖM   walking   by.   don’t   tell   me   you   don’t   know   who   HE   is   ?   they   kind   of   look   like   NIKOLAJ   COSTER   -   WALDAU   and   i   could   be   wrong   but   i   think   that   they   might   be   FIFTY4   years   old   right   now.   they’ve   been   living   in   palmview   for   the   last   TEN   YEARS.   and   i   don’t   know   if   anyone   has   ever   told   them   this   before   but   they   kind   of   remind   me   of   GOMEZ   ADDAMS   from   THE   ADDAMS   FAMILY.   if   you   stick   around   the   town   long   enough   you   might   catch   them   in   action   working   at   SEAGLASS   HOSPITAL   as   a   ORTHOPEDIC   SURGEON.   you   see   this   town   isn’t   really   that   big   of   a   place,   some   folks   like   to   call   them   the   GIRL   DAD   of   palmview!   they   took   a   liking   to   the   name   too   after   a   while,   go   figure.   oh   crap,   they   must   have   heard   me   yapping.   they’re   coming   this   way.   i   got   to   warn   you   though,   rumor   has   it   they   can   pretty   SENSITIVE   at   times.   i   wouldn’t   take   it   too   seriously   though,   from   the   times   i’ve   spoken   to   them   they   seemed   pretty   NURTURING   to   me.   we   see   each   other   all   the   time   since   they   live   in   that   4   ROOM   apartment   beside   me   over   in   EMERALD   POINT. 

  CHAPTER ONE     :          STATS .

name :         søren nils holmström .         nicknames :         älskling ( by sigrid ) .         age :         fifty4 .         gender  +  pronouns :         cis  man  +  he / him .         sexuality :         straight .         birthday :         march 3rd 1971.         languages :         swedish, danish, english, mandarin ( badly ).         address :         # 532 pacific drive.       

CHAPTER TWO     :         SOUNDTRACK .

01.         this charming man — the smiths .         02.         wishing — a flock of seagulls .         03.         run to you — bryan adams .         04.         hounds of love — kate bush .         05.         advice for the young at heart — tears for fears .        

CHAPTER THREE     :         STORY .

𝓲. søren   holmström   was   born   from   nothing   less   than   fairytale   love.   his   mother   was   from   denmark,   but   every   sunday   a   handsome   man   from   sweden   stopped   by   her   flower   shop   in   copenhagen   and   stayed   just   a   little   bit   too   long.   they   quickly   married,   and   the   news   of   a   new   arrival   came   soon   afterwards   —   søren   came   into   the   world   like   a   burst   of   light   and   has   illuminated   the   dark   corners   in   people's   lives   ever   since. his   father   moved   to   denmark,   and   they   lived   as   a   comfortable   family   unit   through   his   childhood.  𝓲𝓲. an   intelligent   and   driven   young   boy,   søren   always   knew   that   he   wanted   to   help   people.   it   sounded   cliché   whenever   anyone   asked   —   and   family   members   would   talk   amongst   themselves   about   how   the   holmström   boy   wanted   to   make   the   big   bucks   —   but   he   wanted   to   take   away   pain   and   stitch   lives   back   together   again.   a   love   of   anatomy   books   followed   him   through   school   and   all   the   way   to   college.   after   an   exhausting   placement,   he   took   a   fellowship and commuted   to   malmö   every   morning for the next step in his career. 𝓲𝓲𝓲. he   supposed   that   it   was   fate   when   he   saw   her.   the   face   of   a   woman   straight   out   of   a   magazine.   when   he   saw   her,   søren   almost   fell   to   his   knees   —   a   goddess   walking,   a   beautiful   thing   that   almost   glowed.   how   could   he   have   ever   walked   away ?   for   the   next   few   months,   søren   brought   bouquets   from   his   mother’s   shop   to   the   café   where   sigrid   worked.   once   the   annoyance   faded,   sigrid   had   no   other   option   but   to   agree   to   a   date. 𝓲𝒗. and   when   she   folded,   things   moved   quickly.   she   got   pregnant   fast,   and   there   was   only   ever   one   option   for   søren   when   he   saw   those   two   lines   on   the   test.   his   fellowship   at   the   hospital   came   to   an   end   and   immediately   he   hung   up   the   stethoscope   to   support   his   girlfriend.   his   intention   had   always   been   to   help   people.   he   still   was,   but   instead   of   people   it   was   his   own   family.   supporting   sigrid   and   marrying   her   was   the   second   most   natural   thing   in   the   world.   the   first ?   well,   he   found   out   the   moment   his   daughter   came   along.  𝒗. fatherhood   became   his   everything.   for   the   first   few   years   søren   stayed   home   to   allow   sigrid   to   study,   taking   awkward   ad - hoc   shifts   at   the   hospital   to   fund   their   living   costs.   when   signe   started   school,   he   applied   and   gained   an   orthopedic   consultancy.   the   next   ten   years   moved   by   easily   —   the   scandinavian   dream   —   until   a   letter   arrived.   they   wanted   dr   holmström   in   palmview.    guilt   ate   him   alive,   and   the   invitation   stayed   on   the   mantlepiece   until   sigrid   found   it.   she   paid   back   the   favour.   it   was   his   chance   to   want   something,   his   chance   to   grip   life   by   the   horns. 𝒗𝓲. a   decade   on,   and   søren   spends   most   of   his   time   with   his   wife   and   daughter,   taking   walks   along   the   promenade,   and   working   in   his   home   study.   now   that   signe   has   flown   the   rest,   there's   a   hole   where   his   daughter   had   once   been   —   a   pit   that   he   isn't   quite   sure   how   to   fill.   but   he   tries   anyway. 

CHAPTER FOUR     :         CONNECTIONS .

𝓲. sigrid holmström — wife . 𝓲𝓲. signe holmström — daughter . 𝓲𝓲𝓲. open — colleagues . 𝓲𝒗. open — patients .

[kclara]

biography. connections. navigation.

*ೃ✧˚. "I took the plants for a walk today. Limp leaves curled against my fingers, dry earth trickled with my steps. The sun has been unkind to our home, passing over it but not through our car lined windows. We try. We desire to breathe the air of greenery in our dwelling place. Nature is against us. Or perhaps it is making a point that we deserve to live under the sun."

STATS

FULL NAME: Clara Katz NICKNAMES: Clare Bear, Kat, Kitty AGE: 28 years old BIRTHDAY: May 1, 1996 BIRTHPLACE: Palmview, FL GENDER & PRONOUNS: Cis woman & she/her SEXUALITY: Bisexual NEIGBORHOOD: Sunset Villas FAMILY: Father (deceased); mother (estranged); aunt (deceased)

APPEARANCE

FACE CLAIM: Mikey Madison HEIGHT: 5’3 BUILD: Lean "sleeper build" ETHNICITY: Jewish EYE COLOR: Deep brown HAIR COLOR: Black NOTABLE FEATURES: Soft facial features; hair down to her bottom STYLE: Girly, very cutesie with muted colors (a lot of baby pinks and lavender); accessories tend to be the statement pieces TATTOOS: No PIERCINGS: Ears pierced (small, studded diamonds)

PERSONALITY

CHARACTER INPSO: Beth McIntyre (John Tucker Must Die) LABEL: The Cavalier, "showing a lack of proper concern ; offhand” POSITIVE TRAITS: Candid, confident, informed, intellectual, alluring, stylish NEGATIVE TRAITS: Greedy, hostile, condescending, vain, capricious LIKES: Dry wine, dancing, pajama sets, hair masks, savory snacks, dinner parties DISLIKES: Undercooked or raw meat/fish, dirty counters, mixing light and dark laundry, unmatched socks

CAREER & EDUCATION

CURRENT OCCUPATION: Owner @ Seacoast Refill PAST OCCUPATION(S): Student, pharmacy tech EDUCATION: BS in Chemisty @ Palmview Universtiy

TL;DR BIOGRAPHY

!! TRIGGER WARNING: Sexism ; death

Has it been hard balancing being hot and smart? Not really, not for Clara. Unless you want to count being laughed at to your face by professors or hit on by bosses, then maybe, sure. These were not shocking experiences for the young woman, who had learned long before then about the injustices of life. Cruel realities were permitted into a small Clara's world due to a neglectful mother, so she had to be taken in by her aunt. Still, by the time she went to college, she knew how to play the game to get the odds in her favor. At first, school was just a way to get FASFA checks and gain independence, but the more time she spent in the lab, the more invaluable the knowledge became. While filling out graduate school applications, her aunt fell sick and passed away, leaving everything to Clara. Overwhelmed with the inheritance, she gave up her pursuit of a graduate degree, sold everything, and invested the money into opening Seacoast Refills.

HEAD CANNONS

Started taking dance classes after getting her bachelor's degree, it's a way to honor her inner child and to release stress

And that makes the three things that make up her personality: dance, environmentalism, and her long hair

NOT into astrology or at-home remedies because it's just not "scientific enough" but I imagine she has friends that are very into these things, so she just rolls her eyes and says ok ok ok

A lot easier to make smile and laugh than some might initially think, but she's also that much easier to upset or have her feelings hurt

Voted "Most unlikely to talk about their parents"

[thrashfm]

❛ you can always reject your father but you cannot escape your mother’s blood. you’ll scream and try to wash it off of your fingers, but you’ll never escape what you’re made up of. ❜

BOWIE PRESCOTT is a twenty-five year old, resident of palmview grove who currently resides in mango bay lofts with roommates and works as a maintenance staff @ highwater arcade & freelancer artist. bowie’s gender is genderqueer, their sexuality is bisexual and they use she/they pronouns. they’re single, owner of a bearded dragon named joey ramone, and they always smell of cherry perfume with a lingering taste of nicotine. 

FULL NAME: bowie rose prescott. FAMILY: jameson prescott ( older half-brother; wanted connection ); tba prescott ( older half-sibling; wanted connection ). PETS: joey ramone, bearded dragon.  AGE: twenty-five.  DATE OF BIRTH: november 25th.  ZODIAC: sagittarius.  GENDER & SEXUAL ORIENTATION: genderqueer, bisexual.  OCCUPATION: maintenance staff @ highwater arcade 

about bowie.  triggers: child neglect, abandonment, sickness (brief mention of cancer), addiction.

bowie was born to elise prescott, a woman who lived her life to the fullest without a single care in the world. even after her children were born, nothing stopped her from being a free spirit. elise left her smalltown of sisters, oregon at the age of seventeen, when she drove away on her then boyfriend’s bike and didn’t look back despite the yells of her worried mother. she already had a son then, jameson, who was only a year old when he was left to his grandma’s cares. elise was essentially what you would call a groupie — going from one state to another with a band or a new pack of friends that liked the look of her. she was a sight to behold with her bright red hair and a baller to have around. until she fell pregnant again. on the road, it was hard to keep up with the time and before she knew, she was pregnant with her second child. but it wasn’t bowie’s time yet. elise made do and had her baby on the road, another one who would be raised without a father figure around.

the years went by as she had the help of friends and random people. that was until she fell pregnant again. she knew she wouldn’t be able to take care of two kids on her own and so, regretfully, she decided to return to her hometown. with a huge belly and a two year old holding her hand, her mother could not bring herself to turn her daughter away. that ended up being the reason behind her parents’ divorce, since elise’s father did not approve of the situation their daughter had put them through. but bowie’s grandma was too nice for her own good and elise found herself a home to bring her third child into the world.

bowie came out of the womb kicking and screaming. red cheeked and blue eyed, she was “already angry with life”, as her grandma would joke. but something in elise changed after her third baby. it seemed as though the light in her had dimmed and she became even more neglectful than before. bowie’s grandma tried her best to help as much as she could during the first year of her life, even though the old age had started to catch up to her. and a twelve year old jameson had to step up in order to care of his siblings. he didn’t understand much but he saw how much his grandma struggled, and did what he could. elise started to vanish for hours, then days, and then weeks. to the point where jameson started to believe that she would just leave them again — as he never expected her to stay in the first place.

the fights started to happen, as their grandma got sicker and begged her daughter to stick around and take care of her children. elise didn’t have the patience and found herself a trailer to be away from the constant nagging. she took bowie with her but left the other two with her mom. bowie would be at the mercy of neighbors whenever her mom would vanish, but no one ever had the courage to call cps on the situation because elise would just cry and promise to be better for her daughter. which she never did. she only worsened. the years went by as elise dragged herself deeper into her hole, becoming addicted to pills and alcohol. bowie’s grandma wasn’t able to help anymore and when bowie turned three, the old woman passed away of cancer. the children were thrown into elise’s hands once more and jameson became the main caregiver of his siblings. he started to work early on, saving up the money to give them something better than their current situation. and years later, when he turned eighteen, he took bowie and their sibling away from elise and found them a place to live.

bowie was raised by her siblings after that and though she was given the best in the situation they were on, she still grew up a bitter teen. and a troublemaker, too. she didn’t know any better, the feeling of being rejected by her own mother before she was even out of the womb had settled deep into her. she knew well, as her mother liked to remember them, that they were never wanted. the three of them were only a mere consequence of her actions. and bowie became resentful and somewhat reclusive because of that. she feared that it would be noticeable and that if people ever got too close, they’d learn the things that her mother knew from the start — she just wasn’t worthy of love at all.

bowie had always been an artist and her brother knew how much she liked to paint, especially abandoned buildings and walls she shouldn’t, so he tried to get her to focus on that. maybe major in art after school and when that wasn’t enough to keep her out of trouble, he got her a part-time job at the auto-shop he worked at. that helped bowie find that they hated cars. the smell of oil didn’t please them in the least and so they decided to venture to other things.

bowie’s older brother watched as they started to sink deeper into a hole of self-destruction and knew he had to act fast to avoid losing her. that’s when a business opportunity rose for him in palmview grove, and without a second thought, the siblings took what they could with them and seized this chance for a fresh new start. jameson became the owner of a small, rundown car repair shop and bowie started to try and fit into this new town. 

bowie then went from a rebel who liked to pick fights just to feel something and push others away by seeming more dangerous than they actually were to a more controlled, almost-functional human being. a fresh new start away from the toxic mother that brought them into the world was just what they needed. but it isn’t to say that they aren’t a complete delinquent anymore, as they still like to tag walls and take part in casual vandalism, but at least she isn’t coming home with a broken nose or bloody knuckles. and that’s more than enough for jameson.

currently, at the age of twenty-five, bowie has managed to secure a job at the arcade in town as a member of their maintenance staff and occasionally does freelancing art projects to help pay the bills. they have recently moved out of their older brother’s place and shares an apartment with roommates. their middle sibling went on their own way but the three are still incredibly close. they don’t keep in touch with their mother, but bowie occasionally texts a neighbor to make sure the woman still hasn’t kicked the bucket. 

though she’s seriously withdrawn and often keeps to herself with a serious case of Resting Bitch Face, she has a caring nature, often taking wounded and abandoned animals home, nurturing them back to health and finding them a forever home. and she’s the owner of a bearded dragon, named joey ramone, who’s her joy in life.

[thalassafm]

❛ some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. ❜

[ … ] ❀ you’re not from around here , are you? i figured because you totally just missed { JOANNA ‘JONES’ THORNHILL } walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who { SHE/THEY } is? they kind of look like { RYAN DESTINY } and i could be wrong but i think that they might be { 30 } years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last { THREE WEEKS }. and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of { HARPER STERN } from { INDUSTRY }. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at { ORLANDO PRIDE } as a { PROFESSIONAL SOCCER PLAYER }. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the { THE PRODIGY } of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty { OBSTINATE } at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty { HONEST } to me. we see each other all the time since they live in that { ONE BEDROOM } apartment beside me over in { CORAL COVE }. i better leave you to it. it was nice meeting you!

OTHER PARALLELS: carrie soto (carrie soto is back), claire temple (daredevil), olivia pope (scandal), spencer hastings (pll), isis (bring it on), louis de point du lac (iwtv), maysilee donner (sotr), alison argent (teen wolf).

parental death tw, mentions of racism.

asha was born great, ray achieved greatness and jones? had greatness thrust upon her. the thornhill's were soccer royalty, asha resented the fact that a lot of her acclaim was no longer linked to her own gameplay but that of her husbands after giving birth to joanna and taking a year off from the game. going back was not easy and after a few years, asha decided that she would stay at home and manage her husband, the household and more importantly -- a budding talent in her daughter. it wasn't like she wouldn't have retired by 30 or so. it was only a few years away. those very few years that mattered when it came to seeing her daughter grow up. the great ray thornhill was a few years older, but in the men's game that didn't matter -- pele t e c h n i c a l l y retired at 37 -- something ray would say time and time again.

while jones knew what was expected of her, she loved the time spent with her parents on the field, the way they loved it made them happy and in turn made her happy. plus, she took to it like a fish to water, which thrilled the couple as their daughter's aspirations were exactly the reason theirs had been so lofty. they paved the way for her to be great and she happily walked the path. why wouldn't she? some people's family business was restaurants, hers was soccer.

hating being an only child, her teammates became her family. her sisters, her siblings, even if they were in constant competition -- didn't seem that different from an actual sibling relationship. originally from oakland, california, her family would move for her father's coaching opportunities and for the betterment of joanna's soccer career. eventually settling in baldwin hills for high school as she was accepted into an elite private school with an even more impressive soccer program.

joanna was able to make friends easily -- but to keep them was a different story. the people in her life who weren't soccer players got exhausted by the flakiness and the ones who were, were in constant competition with her. outshined, outplayed, outlasted, joanna thrived in an environment like her high school that was extremely competitive. she maintained a close relationship with her father -- even when he was at a distance. joanna and asha were close by default but as time went on and joanna realized just how much her mother had sacrificed, the teenage urge to rebel against her mother virtually went away. if anyone understood her in the spaces she was in, the positions she was in, the toll this life took on her when all was said and done --- it was asha. her mother became her anchor, then her confidant & 'sadly' her best friend. it was sad to asha who tried to urge jones (her nickname for her daughter that caught on on the field & with her teammates mostly) to make friends, go out, not take it all so seriously. she had time to achieve her goals, the gold medal was just around the corner and happened every four years. prom? was once in a lifetime.

( jones still chose to go with her parents overseas to a tournament instead of junior prom.)

the thing was -- the field was her home. the game of soccer was her life. jones was known by her teammates as a natural leader, even though she got passed up for captaincy, her teammates would gravitate to her if they needed advice, more time on the field, a solid pep talk & reality check, her voice always soothing them even if they admitted they felt 'intimidated' for being so steady, so sure of her path and life, so ruthless in pursuit of her goals not ever resting on the laurels worn by her family name. jones wasn't warm in the way of an inviting bonfire but warm in the way of the lava that pooled before a volcanic eruption. it was not surprising when this translated to her talents on the field. honest, sharp, ruthless but not unfair. sportsmanlike, but a force to be reckoned with and to get in her way would likely mean you were an obstacle not an ally. and jones thornhill? she cleared her obstacles. eyes were on her, scooped up by the uswnt for the 2012 olympics as a reserve only to be the youngest (at the time) to get a cap which solidified her place at stanford.

she still remembers the article written -- every rose has it's thornhill. a picture of her smiling, embraced by her teammates, this was so much better than the mundane moments that everyone else experienced. she had this.

jones worked hard at stanford to continue the momentum, being instrumental in the teams 3 year championship run. sometimes, in the dead of night, jones would sit and wonder what she would do when this was all over? what would she have? when would this end? life couldn't be this good, all the time? she knew that this life she had been given, had been earned just as much -- but what was she to do once it was over? she loved her father, but being a coach was not something that appealed to her. giving her life to others talents, developing this sport further -- she started to realize it was not what she wanted. soccer was for her. the thornhill legacy, unless her kids wanted to play, would end with her. maybe it was selfish, the game needed more thornhill's and people who looked like her, but she realized it was not her desire. honestly? she didn't know what she wanted after that. she tried to tell herself she had time but the reality was -- it wasn't that far away.

at 26, her best friend passes unexpectedly -- jones got the call while overseas for a qualifier, turns around without a second thought. her father does the same and at that point it becomes them vs. the world. her father, who feels an enormous sense of guilt for not being more present, puts his life on hold for his daughter the way he should've when she was younger. ray is as every bit the man that the sports section of the newspapers jones' read as a child says he is in that moment, in the next few years as well. without him, jones would not have gotten up from bed, not have stayed in shape in the slightest, not have gone to therapy, not have had her hair done, nothing. for years, jones had thought her father to be physically distant because he was incompetent (he was the personality hire of their family, asha would joke) but then she realizes -- her mother never would've married an incompetent man.

she remembers the article then -- our roses have lost their asha thornhill.

of course, these struggles are private -- the world does not know how deeply jones mourns nor does she let them. they may assume, they may wonder, but she dodges most news outlets that ask. she is determined to get back on the field, to wind down her career with another gold medal even if just for the sake of her identity, her family's legacy, her mother. it is even striking to her as a striker, that she is able to continue and be better than she was. her mother would've said it just came with age and maturity, these years were her prime years, by 30 she'd be decrepit and taped up, no ice baths would save her then. no PT would help her when she woke up in the morning, her back aching, her ankles not what they once were. when the olympics come again, she is there, until one game her father is not. a car accident. she may get the gold with everyone else but her hearts not in it, not anymore.

jones has help with the funeral this time but from her teammates -- she hates that there is no way that her grief is private now. the soccer world mourns the thornhill's, their deaths both tragic and untimely, how people ache for jones too. she hates the pity, she hates the sympathy, not because it is not deserved but because her whole life is now this. not soccer. grief. there is no going back but it felt like it was over, not because of an injury or because she wasn't good enough but because her parents were dead. giving up soccer, the fears of what happens next no longer a question -- what happens next is that she will run herself into the ground for this sport because she doesn't know what else to do. how else can she honor the thornhill legacy?

she remebers the artcicle then -- every rose has it's thornhills: soccer will never forget asha and ray thornhill.

it’s the last few years that haunt joanna — sometimes they (her teammates, the federation, the papers) think they should’ve quit when their father passed, but the deep rooted need to carry her families legacy outweighed her grief. it was the only thing she knew to be true before it. her desire to make them proud, to carry it on, was how she felt she could be closest to them both. even with this motivator, her gameplay suffered — unaddressed grief manifests itself in ways that jones alone sits with now. its not that it’s unaddressed by the world, though. every interview she has, almost every colleague, ever peer mentions her parents and it's suffocating on and off the field. there’s a loneliness in it, her head held high as she tries not to let herself cry for the audience, but how it hurts to search for them to ease her nerves only to remember they really are gone. it doesn’t matter how many people knew them, how there’s posters and banners at her games, children & adults wearing their jerseys, they are gone. so she goes harder than before to drown out the noise.

except ... -- her performance suffers. it doesn’t matter that she’s in even better shape (if that was possible), more flexible, more able to maneuver, more strategic, endurance for days — something is missing (her parents). her heart is not in it, her teammates see it, her coaches see it but they know that jones will not see it until she's forced to. there was a grace on the field, a levity, an ever present smile that indicated she enjoyed being there now wiped from her face as focus takes over. it’s not natural anymore, her talent, it’s all grit. she’s not bad, she can still start, but the jones thornhill that once took the field is gone. jones knew that deep down but was refusing of accepting it until --

one moment of weakness on the field. grace mcguirk had been on her, defending her with a vigor that was way too close for comfort. it was racially motivated -- something clear by some of the things she had posted about jones in the weeks prior. her racist digital footprint was not enough for the league to suspend her but they all knew. if her mother had been there, she would've thrown a fit as she had the other times that her daughter had encountered grace's on the field. grace, who was nothing but, would not stop pulling at her hair, comparing her braids to snakes (she had tweeted that too), saying she smelled too good to play good soccer -- until she had made a comment about her mother. jones elbowed her then, earning a whistle and a yellow card, something in her snapped as she debated with the ref. jones tried to explain, really, not fight but it was too late as a red was easily handed to her. even worse, she became a meme for racist trolls to feed upon.

this was the first red card she had ever gotten, the only yellow she had ever received as well. the coaches of orlando pride had her back but only so much, recommending for her to take a sabbatical or a leave. she had earned it. she didn't want to go. oh she wished she could be as much seen as a fallen angel if she had injured herself, now she is treated as fragile as a bomb. landing in palmview was supposed to be a temporary respite but as jones starts to unravel, she realizes, she doesn't know what she would be going back to. after all, she's reaching retirement age and has an unused degree that may need some dusting off.

TID BITS:

im not saying that it's a coincidence that jones was there for the two olympics that the uswnt won gold in the last decade but i am saying my fake ass soccer player oc IS the reason they won YUPPPPPPPP if anyone wants to write more fake sports lore with me COME IN MY DMS!!! anyways i feel major writers anxiety for my character stuff but whatever we're writing in a fake town ANYWAYS!

has done a lot of cool things in her life but is more likely to have gone to a certain country for a world cup or tourney (even just to watch) than to have gone to disneyworld. disneyland? yes. disneyworld? no. has not seen a lot of movies/tv due t this dedication. she DOES love music though!

has a pretty cool silk scrunchie and sock collection, kinda is like other athletes in the way of having superstitions around pre and post game prep, lucky socks is a big one and yes she does see the differences between them even if they all look the same to YOU 🫵🏾

is stubborn in the way of -- once you push her too far she will not tolerate it. whether or not she needs to push is only HER choice, she pushes herself in soccer and has beyond a limit that is not healthy but so ingrained into her identity that it's hard to build apart from it. so she's very discerning in other parts of her life. this makes her very genuine in nature, very honest with her feelings but at her pace, her time, her rules.

believes in playing mind games in these sports if the other team is trying to do so.

i think something i've noticed about jones is that she is very very much wanting me to mention that she is soft. there's a gooey inside, something that she's taken time to nurture and protect, something that seems very opposed to her outward persona/identity/profession. its' kinda werid as someone who's written characters like her for years, it's not that she's scared of showing her vulnerability -- she's hoping that someone draws it out of her, again. i think though at the end of the day, while i have all these character parallels, it's more the general vibe and idea of lot of them and pieces of them. but she is Softer than she lets on and is learning it's okay to be that way when there's no soccer to play!! no athlete to be!! it's been weird for her.

anyways i am done now <3 thank you for reading and i'll see yall on the flip!!

[seasalteds]

❀ you’re not from around here, are you? i figured because you totally just missed THOMAS 'TOMMY' JANEWAY walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who SHE is? they kind of look like MADISON ISEMAN and i could be wrong but i think that they might be TWENTY EIGHT years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last FOUR YEARS. and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of ELEANOR SHELLSTROP from THE GOOD PLACE. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at LINK IN BIO as a BARTENDER. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the ERRANT FLAME of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty IMPETUOUS at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty VIVACIOUS to me. we see each other all the time since they live in that THREE BEDROOM apartment beside me over in MANGO BAY LOFTS 4C. i better leave you to it. it was nice meeting you!

stats.

full name: thomasin philomena janeway.     nickname(s): tommy, thomas.     age: twenty eight.     date of birth: may 28th.     star sign: gemini.     sexuality: bisexual.     hometown: seattle, washington.     occupation: bartender at link in bio.     favourites: skateboarding, surfing, late nights, apple juice, sky blue, bugs, the beach, card games, taking edibles and going to the aquarium, spicy food, novelty lighters, rock climbing.

personality.

extroverted, up for anything, and a fair way off the rails, tommy is the girl you call when you want to get the party started or distract yourself from whatever awful crap is going on in your life. she doesn’t do the serious stuff, making sure everything is always dusted in a nice layer of nonchalance and sarcasm, but she’s a yes person. want to get a spontaneous tattoo? yes, absolutely. want to go to the bar? what time are we leaving? want to go skinny dipping in the ocean at night? yes, her top’s already off. life with her around is fun, but is that all it’ll ever be? tommy’s deep seated desire for human connection is directly at odds with the coping mechanisms she’s developed to keep people at arm’s length emotionally. she can fall into bed with anyone, drink at a bar for hours with anyone, fall asleep on a stranger’s couch three times a week, but the second it gets real she’s gone. maybe that’s why, when it comes to the people she does love and care about, she’s got a penchance for codependence. if tommy lets you in, it’s for life, because the only thing she fears more than responsibility is abandonment. that gives way to a clinginess and neediness that embarass tommy so badly that, if you were ever somehow privy to it and left anyway, she would deny your entire existence simply to escape the humiliation.

label.

tommy is the errant flame, that little spark that you just can’t quite get under control. with a glint in her eye and a shining smile, it’s hard to stay mad at her for long for her many indiscretions – but don’t get me wrong, when you’re as uncontrollable as tommy, it’s still very easy to make enemies. she burns bright, some days leaping out of control and others just enough for a simmer, but that fire is always there, blazing hot and simply waiting for some fuel. her flame keeps others warm, it brings them joy and cheer, a mesmerising show that you can’t take your eyes off of, but it destroys, too. it can singe and sear, causing pain to others just by straying too close. when people see the true tommy, sometimes they don’t like what they find. 

biography.

trigger warnings: abuse tw, violence tw, alcohol tw, doctors tw, hospitalisation tw, injury tw.

i. tommy was an unwanted and unexpected child. born to a superstar mother who graced the covers of vogue and a filthy rich father who had more offshore accounts than friends, the janeways were already perfectly happy before she came along (or their version of happy, anyway). they’d had one son, tristan, who was planned and perfect. he completed their trio and was destined to inherit the earth… unfortunately when he was two, that pink line appeared on the pregnancy test her mother took, and the rest is history.

ii. her parents told the world she was unwell when she was born. that they adored their new addition but she simply couldn’t handle the outside world. the reality was that tommy had been relegated to a set five rooms of their grandiose house, told with spite and malice that she was sick and she would make other people sick if she tried to get out. sure, the rooms were massive, and the kind staff her parents paid played games with her, brought her whatever food she wanted, and provided world class tutoring, but she knew something was missing even as a child. she knew something was off.

iii. the resentment from her family only grew and it became evident as she got older, but tommy’s desperation to see the outside world grew with it. she began venturing further and further from her five rooms, much to the chagrin and rage of her parents, and it all culminated one night in an event that shocked even tommy. she had reached the front door of their house, an impossibly massive thing that was flanked by two very polite gentlemen who referred to her as ‘miss janeway’, when her brother appeared out of nowhere. by this point she was sixteen and him nineteen, he had a promising rowing career ahead of him and was, by no means, small. he body blocked her and when tommy showed the first embers of her fiery spirit and attempted to push past him, he punched her in the jaw. hard.

iv. she remembers waking up in the hospital, only able to consume liquids through a straw, her jaw wired shut. looming over was her mother, holding a piece of paper in her hands. piece of paper is probably downplaying it, actually, it was a 20 page document that outlined what would happen from here on out. the janeways would give tommy her freedom, they would cover her university fees, and then they would pay her a single lump sum to stay away from them forever and never speak of this again. she was a kid, a scared little kid with no other options, so she signed it. that day, sixteen year old tommy made the decision to give up on the idea of a family for good, and the next two years of her life were spent waiting for college.

v. moving out day came swiftly and she made sure to pick a school that was far, far away. on the day she arrived, she got to her dorm room and her roommate, a bright eyed brunette with a blinding smile, offered her a shot of vodka. ’this is going to be the time of our lives, tommy! cheers to it with me?’ and so began a life of hedonism, overconsumption, and absolute. fucking. debauchery. it was both a coping mechanism and a result of being locked inside when she should’ve been watching terrifying psas in a high school classroom. she’d been released, and nobody was ever going to cage her ever again.

vi. the one thing tommy had inherited from her family, or her father at least, was his intelligence. she had an eye for numbers, even if she didn’t really like them, and was able to painlessly complete her degree thanks to it – even if she spent half the time hungover and was more used to using her skills to count cards, not better her life.

vii. she knew she had no home to go back to after graduation. whilst others were greeted in their caps and gowns by their families, tommy had no one, and she moved out of her apartment that year alone. that was okay though! the world was her oyster, she could go anywhere she wanted, and for a couple of years she did just that – travelling not only around america, but europe, australia, and even some parts of asia.

viii. but deep down, in the pits of her soul that could never be exposed to another, she missed human connection. or craved it, at least, since you couldn’t really miss something you’d never even had. she rolled into palmview when she was twenty four, not thinking much of the place at first, but quickly… something seemed to compel her to stay. the air was light, the sun shone brightly, and the beach… the beach! she couldn’t get enough, and so she stayed. and bought a surfboard.

ix. her money wasn’t endless, however, and living in the mango bay hotel was slowly beginning to lose its lustre. not only did she need a job, but she needed a real place to live… but in typical tommy style, both of those things seemed to simply land in her lap. both ace’s ad and a perfectly timed sign in the window as she was walking past link in bio meant in 24 hours, tommy’s life had suddenly course corrected. maybe it was the universe’s sick little way of repaying her for all those years of torture, maybe she really was just a lucky girl, either way she was set.

x. she’s now been in palmview for four years and it’s much easier to ignore the itch to run away when you’ve somehow put down tentative roots. friends, a roof over her head, a steady flow of cash, but most of all? freedom. problem is, all those years of running didn't exactly fix the problems beneath the surface, and it's only a matter of time before they make an unwelcome appearance.

[astralfms]

[ … ] ❀ you’re not from around here , are you? i figured because you totally just missed { ADHIRA ARVALANPILLAI } walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who { SHE/HER } is ? they kind of look like { SIMONE ASHLEY } and i could be wrong but i think that they might be { 26 } years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last { YEAR }. and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of { ELPHABA THROPP } from { WICKED }. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at { TIDE & THYME } as a { MANAGER }. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the { SOILED DOVE } of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty { DEFENSIVE } at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty { COURAGEOUS } to me. we see each other all the time since they live in that { TWO BEDROOM } apartment beside me over in { SUNSET VILLAS }. i better leave you to it. it was nice meeting you!  { MARCY. 26. SHE/THEY. CST. }

statistics:

full name: adhira arvalanpillai

nicknames: tw violence: none, unless you want to be throat punched !

birthday: october 12, 1998

hometown: sydney, new south wales, australia

occupation: manager at tide & thyme

hobbies: hiking, travelling, surfing ( badly )

lives: sunset villas 2c

counterpart: elphaba thropp

background:

tw: parental rejection, familial rejection, infertility, neglect, abandonment

born as the first ( and only ) daughter to k. arvalan haripillai and deepa romeshnadar, her first taste of rejection came upon her parents finding out they would never have another child, let alone a son. always wishing for a progeny to carry on his family name, arvalan wrote all chances for a typical father / daughter relationship off. instead, he treated her as a nuisance, and his wife as a disappointment, all because of the existence of her. 

this led to a childhood filled with nannies, and an adolescence filled with boarding schools. travelling all over the country, adhira had been thrown out of all of the schools her parents had sent her to, her way of sending them a message. if they wanted her to behave, they could parent her themselves. her plan backfired when her father put his foot down, shipping her off to london to live with his sister once she’d bled all of their options dry. she went fighting, of course, less than enthusiastic about being sent to a home that would never be home, and where her presence would be an inconvenience rather than a want. 

adhira’s aunt ranya was no nonsense, instilling a real sense of discipline in her while also offering her the first caring hand she’d ever held. for the first time, school didn’t seem like such a chore, especially when she got to come home and learn herbology from her aunt with her cousins. this is where her knack for holistic medicine began, often trying different herbal combinations just to see what would happen. it’s not until she begins considering going off to university that her life turns down another rocky path, seeing more pros in NOT going, rather than going. first of all, who wants to give that much money to an institution ? second of all, there was so much world and so little time. after much consideration, she’d made her mind up, confidently breaking the news to her aunt. little did she know, her world would soon come crashing down. 

ranya, not agreeing with adhira’s decision, saw no other choice than to call arvalan and tell him of adhira’s plans to backpack across europe. it’s not the educated background they planned for her, not the future they planned for her. furious, arvalan flew to london and tried to drag adhira back to sydney. she refused, vehemently, and arvalan saw no choice but to cut her off entirely and have his sister swear to never speak to her again. 

devastated, adhira spent the next year trying to simply get back on her feet in london. eventually, she did, by working odd end jobs here and there. one day she realized she was headed nowhere, really, and falling into the exact cycle that her father had wished on her. this was enough to kick her ass into gear, selling everything she’d accumulated in her tiny closet of a flat, and investing all she’d earned into her original dream of backpacking across europe. 

after spending a few years hopping around, spending no more than six months in one country, she decided it was time for a new adventure across the pond. the one state she’d always heard of ( for better or worse ): florida. she figured, what’s the worst that could happen ? one lease signed & two tenants believing the unit was theirs later, she's stuck living with maisie hoffman.

it's been a year now and she's been promoted from cashier to manager at tide & thyme, and trying her best to resist the urge to move on to the next place. the scariest part is, she could really see herself planting roots here. that is, if maisie doesn't run her out of town first.

[tobieornotobie]

[  …  ]  ❀  you’re  not  from  around  here  ,  are  you?  i  figured  because  you  totally  just  missed  {  TOBIE  PLEMMONS  }  walking  by.  don’t  tell  me  you  don’t  know  who  {  THEY/HE  }  are  ?  they  kind  of  look  like  {  QUINTESSA SWINDELL  }  and  i  could  be  wrong  but  i  think  that  they  might  be  {  29  }  years  old  right  now.  they’ve  been  living  in  palmview  for  the  last  {  7  MONTHS  }.  and  i  don’t  know  if  anyone  has  ever  told  them  this  before  but  they  kind  of  remind  me  of  {  RUBY  YAO  }  from  {  LAID  }.  if  you  stick  around  the  town  long  enough  you  might  catch  them  in  action  working  at  {  SUNSET  TACOS  }  as  a  {  OWNER  }.  you  see  this  town  isn’t  really  that  big  of  a  place,  some  folks  like  to  call  them  the  {  THE  HAPPY  DISAPPOINTMENT  }  of  palmview!  they  took  a  liking  to  the  name  too  after  a  while,  go  figure.  oh  crap,  they  must  have  heard  me  yapping.  they’re  coming  this  way.  i  got  to  warn  you  though,  rumor  has  it  they  can  pretty  {  SELFISH  }  at  times.  i  wouldn’t  take  it  too  seriously  though,  from  the  times  i’ve  spoken  to  them  they  seemed  pretty  {  ECCENTRIC  }  to  me.  we  see  each  other  all  the  time  since  they  live  in  that  {  4  BEDROOM  }  apartment  beside  me  over  in  {  CORAL  COVE  }.  i  better  leave  you  to  it.  it  was  nice  meeting  you!

                                  ── .✦  STATISTICS 

⤿  full  name:  tobie  plemmons (they/he)

⤿  personality:  bold,  eccentric,  independent,  selfish,  competitive,  impulsive

⤿  birthday:  october  31st,  1995

⤿  hometown:  camden,  maine

⤿  occupation:  owner of sunset  tacos,  chef

⤿  hobbies:  cooking/experimenting (watching cooking shows, obvi),  hiking/swimming, posting religiously on his letterboxd, anything that would upset their parents

⤿ sexuality: bisexual

⤿  lives:  coral  cove  #4C

                                 ── .✦  BACKGROUND 

⤿  tw  neglect,  cheating

born  in  idyllic  camden,  maine,  to  a  pediatrician  and  model,  tobie  came  out  screaming  and  kicking,  which  should  have  been  a  testament  to  how  they  liked  to  live  their  life  now.  his  parents,  who  met  and  after  a  five  month  whirlwind  romance,  married,  and  then  had  tobie  and  several  other  children,  had  never  been  one  to  coddle  their  children.  they  believed  in  maintaining  a  safe  (  and  long  )  distance  from  them  −  parenting  through  the  likes  of  babysitters  and  phone  calls  that  were  always  cut  short  in  a  matter  of  minutes.  

since  tobie  was  used  to  his  parents  not  being  around,  that sinking  feeling  of  seeing  every  seat  fill  up  with  unfamiliar  faces  or  missed  dinners  begin  to  disappear.  it  didn’t  matter  that  his  uncle  or  aunt  was  sitting  next  to  him  during  parent  teacher  conferences  or  taking  him and  their  track  teammates  out  to  celebrate,  as  his mom  was  too  busy  obsessing  over  his  dad, and  his  dad  was  too  busy  with  a  new,  young  resident  in  lieu  of  familial  duties.  their  dad’s  continuous  infidelity  had  done  a  wonderful  job  on  their  mother,  causing  his  mother  to  dedicate  her  time  to  winning  the  affections  of  james  plemmons,  which  tobie  had  learned  a  long  time  ago  was  not  worth  the  disappointment.

they  were  used  to  running  the  house  with  their  siblings  and  for  him  managing  the  kitchen  started  to  become  a  thing.  tobie’s  passion  for  cooking  grew  into  impromptu  dinners,  something  he’d  come  up  with  from  daydreaming  about  recipes  and  flavors  and  taking  cooking  classes  in  high  school,  and  excelling,  despite  their  dad’s  rare  interjection  when  he  took  notice  -  “this  is  definitely  not  something  I  would  have  spent  my  time  doing,”  he’d  snort  over  the  phone.  it  didn’t  bother  them;  in  fact,  he  was  happy  to  be  doing  something  their  dad  wouldn’t.  to  him,  being  a  disappointment  was  not  a  problem.

after  they  graduated  high  school,  tobie  was  not  interested  in  pursuing  medical  school,  unlike  their  dad,  uncles,  aunts,  and  grandparents,  which  only  drew  a  bigger  gap  in  his  relationship  with  his  father,  and  he  had  instead  decided  to  pursue  culinary  school.  graduating  was  easy,  but  managing  a  restaurant?  not  so  much.  he  didn’t  think  his  restaurant  would  crash  and  burn  so  badly,  but  that  can  happen  when  your  dad  is  dedicated  to  having  your  ventures  fail  (  don’t  ask  ).  since  cooking  in  the  same  city  as  their  dad  had  proved  disastrous,  tobie  packed  up  and  moved  to  palmview.

tobie  can  usually  be  found  hiking,  rock  climbing,  and  partying  in  any  of  the  clubs,  and  won’t  shy  away  from  the  beach,  too,  as  he  loves  to  try  to  catch  waves.  they  like  to  be  alone,  as  it  gives  them  time  to  think  -  and  essentially,  not  be  bothered.  he’s  hoping  this  ownership  of  the  sunset  tacos  can  be  a  redemption,  their  chance  to  keep  doing  something  he  loves,  despite  the  previous  setback  and  negativity.  he  knows  he  can  be  successful;  they  just  have  to  keep  their  head  straight  and  stay  focused,  no  matter  what  -  even  if  it  comes  at  a  cost.

                                        🔗CONNECTIONS 🔗

╰┈➤ sadé — PERSONAL TRAINER, FRIENDS — it took tobie some time, but eventually they came to realize they needed a work/life balance. sunset tacos could not be their only source of enjoyment, and he loved working out, so what better way than to see what the cove wellness center had to offer ? tobie didn’t expect to end up with a personal trainer, let alone a friend, but palmview seemed to be offering nice surprises.

╰┈➤ ronnie — PARTY-GIRL-NEXT-DOOR — partying has always been tobie’s thing, so a month in they found themselves searching for a cool hangout. it wasn’t long before they bumped into someone who shared the same need to have a wild night and four shots, two different locations and making anywhere a dance floor later, tobie had someone to party with. ronnie wasn’t someone she could confide in ( yet ) but they gravitated to each other when they needed the sweet release of a drink and loud music.

╰┈➤ logan — EX-FRIENDS — good job, tobie. you haven’t even been here for a year yet and already lost a friend. that’s okay, it’s not like it’s the end of the world, right…right? sure, tobie will miss talking endlessly about each other’s favorite films but this is kind of the price you pay when you keep flaking, and besides, it isn’t like logan can hate him forever, right? Right…?

╰┈➤ sloan — F IS FOR FRIENDS — they get along well and tobie considers sloan a friend, even if they come up with the most insane recipes known to man. he kind of enjoys their random ideas and ( usually ) doesn’t mind when they break something. so what they sometimes have to put away all the important bits when they come over —  it is never a boring time.

╰┈➤ ziggy — BEACH BUDS — the beach was one of those places tobie was always drawn to, so it was only natural they bumped into ziggy. they quickly bonded over their love of the beach, but were able to grow closer over their obsession with films. tobie enjoys his movie interpretations and they’re always dragging him to the beach, where they may or may not try to bury ziggy in the sand if he falls asleep. don't worry, it’ll be a cozy nap. 

╰┈➤ gianna — WORKOUT BUDDIES – tobie and gianna met each other through sadé’s classes, and while others may have found it hard to befriend her, tobie wasn’t one to shy away from anything. they themselves could be quite difficult in a friendship ( especially with how often they put themselves first ) but gianna was cool, she made classes exciting. tobie was grateful to consider her a friend.

╰┈➤ emma — PARTY-PALS – tobie and emma are the friend’s you don’t want to get together for a night out cause nobody remembers a thing the next morning. befriending emma had been a blessing, as tobie has a habit to get glued to their job, and going out on the weekends were a much needed break. they enjoyed her energy and always looked forward to going out with her. 

╰┈➤ mila — THE CONFIDANTS – tobie was the type to complain, even if nobody was around to listen, they were going to complain. so it was a blessing to have met someone who gets the strained relationship of a parent, and they found themselves confiding in mila, even if the both of them weren’t used to spilling out so much so fast, it was nice to have someone to talk to and listen.

╰┈➤ kai – THAT EVIL CUSTOMER – while most of their interactions have been at sunset tacos, tobie would instantly recognize that sarcastic ass tone anywhere. from the “of course, you’re out of…” to the “oh, yeah, i bet it’s the best sauce around town,” you can always expect a bit of back and forth between the two when they’re taking orders. with each interaction just grinding tobie’s gears, kai can’t be all that bad, though, as tobie does appreciate his palate when he requests delicious additives to his tacos. 

╰┈➤ kyro – MY PFB (PARTY FRIEND’S BROTHER) – while most of their association is through ronnie, tobie doesn’t mind running into him from time to time. after all, who else would be kind enough not to laugh at them and ignore the hungover bodies sprawled out on ronnie’s couch recovering from a night out? tobie appreciates seeing the relationship between the two siblings, as it brings warm memories regarding their own relationship with his siblings. 

╰┈➤ noa – FRENEMIES – first impressions are everything and for tobie, they did not particularly enjoy their first interaction with noa. it may have been the offhand comment about tobie’s choice of sweats – like c’mon, laundry day was tomorrow – which noa didn’t seem to notice irritated them, but then every interaction after that was good, bad, back to good, then bad again. it was like hot and cold with noa, which was frustrating as they were neighbors so they were bound to keep running into each other – and okay, so what tobie kind of liked the bickering. shut up. 

╰┈➤ daphne – DOWN FOR WHATEVER – it’s important to have someone who would climb the water tower with you if you asked, just for the hell of it, and that is what tobie got out of daphne. they found that they got along well with her after moving here and meeting her, and was even more enticed when learning just how down for anything she was. whenever tobie wants to do something ridiculous with a guaranteed “yes” – daphne is the person they will call. 

╰┈➤ marley – I’M BAD TO THE BONE – tobie isn’t sure what it is about marley, but they do think that they rub her the wrong way. it might be the fact that whenever they bump into her, they’re trying to get her to have a drink, dance, loosen up a bit (jeez). tobie can be guarded and appreciate a calm, quiet night in just as much as the next person, but he doesn’t understand why marley doesn’t want to party with him. it isn’t going to stop them from asking every time, that’s for sure.

╰┈➤ georgia – YOU CAN TRY, BUT CAN YOU BEAT ME ? – the competitive nature is just in tobie’s blood, so it doesn’t come as a surprise when he naturally develops a friendly rivalry with his neighbor. after all, georgia just looked so ridiculous whenever tobie saw them around coral cove playing with a ball, or attempting anything that required athleticism, and they couldn’t help but start to poke fun. it started off with small quips – “damn, that shot was waaay off” – to jumping into the middle of a game of hers and making the scoring shot, just to get a reaction. it was pure fun getting under her skin and one upping her at something.

╰┈➤ beau – SURFS UP – beau comes alive in the water and makes surfing seem like second nature – and selfishly, that irritates tobie. but he also looks forward to the intensity that surfing with beau brings, and while he may not be as good, as he only spent a few summers surfing back home, it never stopped him from coming out to the water and trying to conquer it. him and beau have friendly competition, that do better, be better pressure tobie felt when dealing with his dad pushing him to try to win. it doesn’t help that beau is just so good – but you couldn’t get tobie to admit that any day of the week.

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BASICS

NAME: daphne mancini NICKNAMES: daph, fee GENDER:��cis female PRONOUNS: she/her BIRTHDAY: december 12, 1996 AGE: 28 HEIGHT: 5'1" SEXUALITY: bisexual OCCUPATION: online math tutor for high school level LIVING: sunny shores, sunset villa #3b TIME IN PALM VIEW: since late december 2024

DETAILS

POSITIVE TRAITS: generous, appreciative, intelligent, tidy, sociable, loyal. NEUTRAL TRAITS: impulsive, talkative, teacherly, emotional, whimsical. NEGATIVE TRAITS: assertive, misguided, either over or under thinks. LIKES: ice cream, embroidered denim, reading, keychains, volunteering. DISLIKES: driving, cheaters in every sense of the word, closed spaces.

HISTORY TW INFIDELITY

Though she was born in Philadelphia, Daphne will always consider New York City her home. Moving at the age of six, the first time her father stayed in her life for more than a day at a time, New York represented what she’d hoped would be a fresh start with a complete family. At the very least, it was a fresh start.

Daphne thrived in New York, revelling in a vibrant social life and academic success all through her school years.

Her home life isn’t so pretty, though. She and her parents benefit from an inherited wealth, but it seems even money can’t fix a plethora of communication problems and her father’s inability to commit to absolutely anything — what to have for dinner, promises to be at her upcoming poetry slam, her mother. But she never had convincing enough evidence, and her mother always seemed to forgive him, so who was she to say anything?

For years, she watches her mother love a man who doesn’t deserve it, and slowly grows to resent him herself for the secrets he keeps and the promises he always breaks. At fifteen, she stops calling him ‘dad’. He stops interacting with her unless necessary. Her mother tries to pick up the pieces.

At eighteen, she chooses to stay in New York for university despite it all, majoring in secondary education, specialising in mathematics. Teaching is the goal, encouraged by her mother, but by the time she starts to question if it’s really what she wants, she’s in too deep.

By graduation at twenty-two, she desperately needs a break from the education system and spends her summer working the local barista job she’d used to keep herself afloat during her degree. Her mother worries endlessly that she’s lost all ambition for life, but Daphne reassures her she’s only lost maybe seventy to eighty per cent and she’ll probably bounce back soon.

She does a year or so later, when an opening pops up at an independent small group and one-on-one tutoring company. It’s perfect — all the things she loves about teaching, without the classroom full of rowdy thirteen year olds. Once again, she thrives. For now.

At twenty-six she moves out into her own apartment, finally free to exist without her father’s presence looming over her shoulder. That is until her parents’ marriage finally implodes a year and a half later, her mother finally seeing for her own eyes the man her father had always been — a liar and a cheat; a fraud.

Turns out, she’s not the only child he has. Somewhere out there is an older half brother neither Daphne or her mother have ever met. He insists that’s it, just the two, and for now, she chooses to believe him. Her mother is distraught, and Daphne bites her tongue not to say I told you so.

She spends the next six months looking for her not-new new brother and preparing. How do you tell a complete stranger that you’re siblings, sharing a sad excuse for a father? How can she even be sure he doesn’t know about her? What if he didn’t want to know? And yet, she gets on that flight with a trickle of hope that this is the right thing to do — and maybe even another chance at that ’complete family’ fresh start she’s always dreamt of.

TRIVIA

Loves 80s and 90s disco & dance music.

Can’t drive; used to cycle everywhere in NYC.

Her prized possession is a retro-style boombox with a cassette player and bluetooth connectivity. She’s had to repair it a few times and will continue to until she’s priced out of the parts she’ll need.

She only moved into Sunset Villas in March 2025, having spent the first almost-three months of her time in Palm View in a hotel.

It's only the last few months that she's began to question once again if teaching is for her. She's torn between feeling like she's never considered anything else, her mother having always told her she'd be the perfect teacher, and wondering if she never did explore her options because it was the perfect choice. She still feels like she's in too deep to do anything else either way.

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[ … ] ❀ you’re not from around here , are you? i figured because you totally just missed { ACE MILLER } walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who { HE/HIM } is ? they kind of look like { HARRIS DICKINSON } and i could be wrong but i think that they might be { TWENTY-NINE } years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last { THREE YEARS }. and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of { NICK MILLER } from { NEW GIRL }. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at { FREELANCE } as a { CARTOONIST\ANIMATOR }. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the { THE ENDEARING CYNIC } of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty { AVOIDANT } at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty { HUMOROUS } to me. we see each other all the time since they live in that { THREE ROOM } apartment beside me over in { MANGO BAY }. i better leave you to it. it was nice meeting you! 

basics

name: ace mancini miller age: twenty9 hometown: philadelphia, pennsylvania birthdate: october 5th zodiac: libra sun, scorpio rising, virgo moon gender:  cis male pronouns: he/him sexuality: bi bi bi relationship status: single parents: audrey miller, dante mancini ( estranged from both ) notable parental figures: thomas miller ( grandfather ) siblings: one half-sister ( potentially others ) children: an over excitable eight year old dalmation named charlie occupation: cartoonist\animator

about

triggers : gambling, addiction, abandonment, depression.

ace grew up in south philadelphia with his mother and father until the age of seven, when, after years of a toxic relationship, his father left and never came back. later in life, ace would find out there was another, secret family that his father had left for. this abandonment would affect him throughout his life, but he was fortunate enough to have his grandfather, who was more of a parent to him than anyone else could ever be. through his grandfather, ace discovered his love for art and quickly realized it was his form of escapism. it became his saving grace during his turbulent teenage years, and he knows he would’ve spiralled without it — the worlds he created in the comfort of his room keeping him grounded. his mother always seemed driven by materialistic desires that she couldn’t afford. her job as a bartender didn’t pay enough, so she turned to gambling. after a few wins, she became hooked on the rush, and soon her addiction spiralled out of control. ace found himself taking on two jobs before finishing high school just to help pay off her mounting debts, which left him exhausted and struggling to keep up. he sank into a deep depression, finding it increasingly difficult to claw his way back. despite everything, his mother continued to pursue a lavish lifestyle behind his back, all while he was on the verge of a mental breakdown from the pressure of juggling everything. by the time he graduated high school, he resented her completely. her addiction and revolving boyfriends always took priority over him, and they have no relationship now. ace has no desire to see her again, unless there is long-term proof of legitimate change. in a lot of ways, he felt more abandoned by her than his father, because despite her staying, it often felt like to her he was a ghost. leaving for college, which his grandfather had paid for, ace pursued a dual degree in graphic design and animation. it was a challenging road, but he eventually built his way up in the industry. after taking a few hard knocks, he landed his dream job working in film and tv, with side jobs for online content, and along the way he began working on his own comics that have yet to be completed. it’s the one aspect of his life that he’s completely content with, as he genuinely loves what he does. ace is incredibly creative and has several little worlds inside his head that fuel his work. he travelled for years, moving every six months or so, before finally settling in palmview in an attempt to build a more stable life. so far, the only thing he’s managed to get right is raising a crazy pup named charlie. despite almost being in his thirties, ace feels like he still has so much catching up to do, yet there seems part of him reluctant to grow up.

headcannons

aside from his cartoons, he also loves to paint, sketch, play around with pottery and just get as creative as possible with anything artistic whatsoever. it's his safe space, his own form of therapy in a way. though he doesn’t let many people see the results as somehow they feel a lot more personal than his cartoon/animation work. if he ever needs to relax and escape, painting is his go-to.

the middle of the day may as well be the middle of the night for him, it's so rare to see him awake before ten, and most nights he isn't going to bed until way after three.

ace might just be the worlds worst cook. you'd think having to fend for himself so much, he'd have figured it out by now. sadly, that's not the case. pasta and noodled are about as good as you're going to get from him. sandwiches for the win.

he drinks way too much coffee, and too often occasionally too much beer. randomly likes to get high a few times a month if he needs a little help falling asleep. will be seen with sunglasses on constantly to hide how hungover he is. even in the winter.

before he realized his mothers addiction he would often take trips with her as a young boy to vegas or places alike ( most of, but not all, his time was spent waiting for her in hotel rooms ) so he’s actually very skilled at playing poker because she taught him how to play. but ace hates to gamble. his mothers love of poker is where his name came from.

during his time travelling he’s spent a lot of time sleeping in his car ( when he wasn’t abroad ) and he actually really enjoys the outdoors. likes to hike with his pup because it doesn't feel like exercise. he's also the person most likely to end up with a million dogs.

he has a small ace of spades tattoo on the inside of his middle finger on his left hand, he got it as a dare when he was drunk at seventeen. he hates it, but he’ll never get rid of it. ever since then, it's been a collection of random tattoos, and his body is covered in them. don't ask him the meaning behind them, because for the most part there is none.

wanted connections

coming soon.

[picqued]

[ … ] ❀ you’re not from around here , are you? i figured because you totally just missed { ROBYN "BOBBIE" SUMMERS } walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who { SHE } is ? they kind of look like { RILEY KEOUGH } and i could be wrong but i think that they might be { 32 } years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last { ONE MONTH }. and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of { PENNY LANE } from { ALMOST FAMOUS }. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at { LINK IN BIO } as a { PART-TIME DJ }. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the { NOMAD } of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty { IRREVERANT } at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty { IRREPRESSIBLE} to me. we see each other all the time since they live in that { ONE BEDROOM } apartment beside me over in { MANGO BAY LOFTS }. i better leave you to it. it was nice meeting you!  { N. 25+. SHE/HER. GMT+8. }

HISTORY (badly written abridged edition)

born in san francisco. neglectful parents. great uncle was wonderful though, bobbie idolised him. but he got old and died. sad.

as a young adult, bobbie started living the nomad life, living out of a van or a tourbus. a concert groupie if you will. she loved going to gigs. lived for it. she was going to amount to absolutely nothing and she didn't care. she watched friends hit 28 and suddenly switch their priorities, get real jobs, start thinking of responsibilities, insurance, health, bills, marriage, blah.

so what did she do? she started putting her feelings on social media. she documented her lifestyle, the groupie life. viewers started piling on because it was a little bit of a joke. until a few of her video commentaries started going viral on tiktok. oops.

long story short, the attention accumulated and she was offered a guest spot on a weekly column in a small magazine.

then on-video press junkets for musicians. now she's that one critic people try to watch their mouth with. she's annoyed. but it's nothing partying with the artistes won't fix!

she hasn't been in florida very long, but (attempts to) will dj to pay the rent, while working on a particularly research heavy story on her own time.

PERSONALITY, TRAITS, HABITS, HEADCANONS

very athletic and a thrill-seeker, is the type to go cliff-jumping, drag-racing, and skydiving on a regular weekend, every weekend, if she's not at a gig

vintage girly

has too many vices

volatile, but also somehow careless and irreverent

the personification of bugs' bunny's 'nyeeeahh.... what's up doc?' only instead of a carrot she's chewing gum

can be immature

messy

will slash your tires if she decides you deserve it

fucking talks way too much

will annoy you to death, has no concept of boundaries

free the nipple baby

terrible enabler

has a sister who she hates so naturally she avoids family gatherings like it's the plague. family who?

amateur dj, she has no skill

will shove your enemies down a flight of stairs for you and then smile prettily

is the epitome of jessica simpson asking 'is this fish or chicken? what i'm eating' iykyk

CONNECTIONS

she needs mom-friends clearly

people she met on her travels years ago made an impression and disappeared into the night like a figment of their imagination and then suddenly she's in their building kicking the vending machine

weed-buddies

exes

i'm bad at this i'll come up with more, eventually.

basic information:

full name: robyn evangelista "bobbie" summers

nickname(s): bobbie, bobberino, bob-cat, bambi

age: 32

date of birth: november 28th

place of birth: san francisco

nationality: american

gender: cis woman

pronouns: she/her

orientation:  bisexual

language(s) spoken: english, bad spanish, bad mandarin,

accent: basic californian accent

family ties:

mother: courtney summers ( estranged )

father: gill summers

siblings:sister none ( sshhh we're manifesting )

spouse / partner: none

children: none

pets: groot, her pet rock

[gardens0feden]

❀ you’re not from around here , are you? i figured because you totally just missed { EDEN DE LOS SANTOS } walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who { SHE } is? they kind of look like { ADRIA ARJONA } and i could be wrong but i think that they might be { THIRTY-TWO } years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last { FIVE YEARS }. and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of { IZZIE STEVENS } from { GREY’S ANATOMY }. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at { KIM AND PENN ARCHITECTS } as a { ARCHITECT }. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the { ROSE COLORED GLASS } of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty { IMPULSIVE } at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty { COMPASSIONATE } to me. we see each other all the time since they live in that { 2 BEDROOM } apartment beside me over in { SEAGLASS HEIGHTS }. i better leave you to it. it was nice meeting you!  

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FULL NAME. eden yajaira de los santos

NICKNAMES. ed, denny, eddy

AGE. thirty-two

GENDER / PRONOUNS. cis woman, she/her

SEXUAL ORIENTATION. straight

PLACE OF BIRTH. miami, fl

ZODIAC. pisces, february 28.

HEIGHT. 5’5”

BACKGROUND

born and raised in miami, eden is the youngest of three—aka the baby of the family, which she absolutely milked growing up.

guatemalan roots, loud family, louder opinions. sunday dinners are a sacred ritual, and if you miss one, be prepared for five different guilt-trip texts.

her dad is in high-end real estate, and he really wanted eden to follow in his footsteps, but she had other plans. she was never about selling buildings—she wanted to create them.

architecture was always her thing. as a kid, she’d build entire cities out of legos while her brothers destroyed them like godzilla. later, she traded legos for sketchbooks and blueprints.

naturally gifted artist—the type to doodle on napkins, sketch on scrap paper, and absentmindedly draw floor plans when she’s supposed to be paying attention.

moved to palmview grove five years ago on a whim. didn’t expect to stay. yet here she is.

works at kim and penn architects—good at her job, but also the type to show up to meetings with coffee for everyone and an unnecessary amount of enthusiasm.

she believes in people, even when they don’t deserve it. makes her endearing. also makes her a magnet for bad decisions.

impulsive as hell. spontaneous road trips? yes. adopting a stray animal she swore she couldn’t keep? also yes. cutting her own bangs at 2 am? regretfully, yes.

loves the idea of structure but lives in organized chaos. her apartment is full of half-finished sketches, random diy projects, and post-it notes with ideas she forgot the context for.

big on emotions. she cries over feel-good commercials, fights fiercely for the people she loves, and gets way too invested in her clients’ dream projects.

a hopeless romantic who pretends she isn’t. she’s been burned before, but she’ll still fall for someone who says the right thing at the right moment.

[mocnbeams]

[ … ] ❀ you’re not from around here , are you? i figured because you totally just missed { SEONG EUN-WOO } walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who { THEY } are ? they kind of look like { LEE JUNG SUK } and i could be wrong but i think that they might be { 35 } years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last { FIFTEEN YEARS}. and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of { EDWARD CULLEN } from { TWILIGHT }. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at { PALMVIEW UNIVERSITY } as a { ENGLISH PROFESSOR }. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the { THE ISOLATO } of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty { MOODY } at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty { PROTECTIVE } to me. we see each other all the time since they live in that { TWO BEDROOM } apartment beside me over in { CORAL COVE }. i better leave you to it. it was nice meeting you!

STATISTICS :

basics :

full name — seong eun-woo. nicknames — woo, eun, e.w. age — 35 birthday — june 13 ( gemini ). gender/pronouns — demi man. he/they. orientation — demisexual, biromantic. height — 6'3. hair color — black. eye color — brown. faceclaim — lee jung suk. voiceclaim — lee jung suk.

personality :

positive traits —loyal, protective, intelligent. negative traits —moody, emotional, cynical. hobbies — playing piano & violin, learning new languages, reading, writing, going for drives. mbti — infj. alignment —lawful good.

BIOGRAPHY :

eun-woo grew up as the youngest in a large family, himself and his siblings all adopted. they were a close family, one that was often traveling around the country for their father's job. growing up eun-woo was always rather hard on himself, always having high expectations for himself, far harder than his parents even ever had for him. it continued far into his teenage years and then into adulthood, their perfectionist nature leading them to believe they were never quite good enough, causing them to be a very cynical individual. they were always drawn to academics so it wasn't a surprise when they attended college and then started their career as an author. their life grew rather mundane and repetitive, and they were comfortable in that for awhile. until they weren't. until they eventually started to grow bored of their life, bored of the same day in and day out. they completely surprised their family when they decided to put writing on the back burner and instead start to teach at the university. they are still a rather aloof person, but they're getting a bit better. you will often find them at the bookstore or hiding away in their apartment grading papers late into the evening.

WANTED CONNECTIONS :

BEST FRIENDS CO-WORKERS GOOD INFLUENCE ENEMIES

[losingdcgs]

[ … ] ❀ you’re not from around here , are you? i figured because you totally just missed { marcela everly } walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who { she } is ? they kind of look like { giovana cordeiro } and i could be wrong but i think that they might be { twenty-eight } years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last { twenty-eight years }. and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of { fleabag } from { fleabag }. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at { retro roots } as a { salesperson }. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the { black hole } of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty { self-destructive } at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty { humorous } to me. we see each other all the time since they live in that { three bedroom } apartment beside me over in { sunset villas }. i better leave you to it. it was nice meeting you! 

Basics !

Full name: Marcela Everly

Nickname: N/A

Gender: Cis woman

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 28

Birthday: July 17th

Sexuality: Bisexual

Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Salesperson @ Retro Roots

Time in Palmview: 28 years

Counterpart: Fleabag (Fleabag)

Label: The black hole

Enneagram: 7w6 (the enthusiast, the adventurer)

Aesthetic: The end of a brand new lipstick already smushed, last night's makeup smudged around your eyes, unread text messages, waking up with a pounding in your head, a trail of disaster following you, a wine bottle shattered on the floor, laughter masking tears, uncertainty hanging over your head

Quick Backstory ! (minor neglect tw)

Early childhood is one big, chaotic blur for Marcela. Maybe she's lucky that way, barely able to remember the unfit home she spent her first few years in or the memory of the social worker collecting her. What she does remember clearly is getting welcomed into the Everly family with opened arms. She lost a family who didn't seem all too interested in fighting for her, so what? She gained loving parents, a big brother, and sisters in the exchange.

It should've been a comfort, knowing this family chose her, but she couldn't shake the feeling that maybe they would change their minds. To be clear, it wasn't anything they did that made her feel this way, it was more just the fear that it would happen again. The fear didn't manifest in her trying to be some picture perfect daughter or chase her to the other extreme, instead, it just left her lost.

She made her way through life, feeling no real sense of direction and this growing void in her chest that she filled with meaningless and fleeting connections. Maybe these were things that everyone grappled with? Feeling lost in the transition from childhood to adulthood was perfectly normal, right?

Well, that feeling hasn't gone away. Stuck in Palmview (or maybe just too scared to leave the people she knows love her), Marcela is now working a sales job at Retro Roots, hoping for some sort of sign from the universe to jump out at her and let her know what she's supposed to be doing with her life.

Misc. !

The type of person to use humor to cover any serious emotions or problems until she literally can't anymore and breaks down(not ideal to her, she would prefer to continue to deflect with humor).

Lowkey a little awkward, especially when her jokes or snark doesn't land with the person she's speaking with. It doesn't seem to really bother her.

Genuinely loves the people in her life, but can honestly be a bit self-sabotage-y in romantic and platonic relationships. She's far from perfect and has definitely caused some damage in her relationships.

She got extremely lucky with her adoptive family, don't get her wrong, but there's still this lost, empty feeling inside that she generally tries to fill with physical relationships.

Would likely say disaster follows her around, when in reality she very much has a hand in the problems that plague her.

Has a love/hate relationship with her job. On the one hand she hates it because she doesn't know what she wants to do with her life, just that she doesn't want to be a salesperson forever. On the other though, there is something appealing to her when it comes to selling vintage things.

Wanted Connections !

I'm going to have all my wanted connections here (I still have to go into detail about them), but I'm genuinely open to anything! Give me all the wholesome, angsty, messy connections your hearts desire <3

[slowbvrns]

[ … ] ❀ you’re not from around here , are you? i figured because you totally just missed AIDAN SHEPHARD walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who HE is ? they kind of look like AARON TAYLOR JOHNSON and i could be wrong but i think that they might be 34 years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last FIVE YEARS. and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of SETH COHEN from THE OC. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at PALMVIEW UNIVERSITY as a ANIMATION & GAME DESIGN PROFESSOR. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the INSURGENT of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty SARCASTIC at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty DETERMINED to me. we see each other all the time since they live in that 2 BEDROOM apartment beside me over in OCEAN'S EDGE. i better leave you to it. it was nice meeting you! 

STATS

full name : aidan jasper shephard nickname(s) :  aj, aid date of birth :  june 8, 1990 sibling(s) :  atlas shephard (25), ____ shephard relationship status : single gender identity :  cis man ( he/him ) sexual orientation : pansexual faceclaim : aaron taylor-johnson label: the insurgent counterpart: seth cohen / the oc

BACKGROUND

the eldest of the shephard siblings and probably one of the loudest in the family, at least back when he was still a kid. has always been more the artsy type of the family, being very much into drawing ever since he was young and that carried on through high school. you could always find him sitting somewhere, drawing his fellow students or anything that caught his eye. comic books were his go to whenever he wanted to relax and escape reality or his parents. they didn't seem to like it much but he didn't care. at quite the young age, he kind of took on the lead over his siblings as their parents were barely around. only during the holidays they seemed to care about their children as they just wanted to look good. it was known that he was supposed to take over the family business some day and while his parents tried their best to groom him into it, he wasn't having it. he had no interest in it at all. his dad didn't seem to want to take no for an answer which is why aidan started to act out. as he entered high school, he was mostly overlooked as he was more the geeky type so he never really fit into the popular crowd. not that he cared much. but with his parents pressuring him into something he didn't want to do, he started hanging out with the wrong crowd. it may have given him a bit more popularity but more in the negative way. smoking behind the bleachers, getting into fights, those were the things that happened daily. not giving into his parents' wishes, he went off to college, studying animation. he loved to draw and one of his biggest dreams was to work for an animation studio like disney or pixar or even marvel. it was much to his parents' dislike and they did threaten to cut him off. getting a job while being at university, he managed to pay for it himself without any help. he refused to give in and frankly, he doesn't really care much about money. after college, he went on to become a TA at one of the local colleges before he got an offer from the palmview university five years ago. he moved back there and became the animation and game design professor there. might not be his dream job but he still gets to do what he likes to do. sometimes he does get a call for a certain animation job. now that he's back in the same town as his siblings, it's easier to keep an eye on the youngest. making sure that he isn't getting pressured by their parents and that he does what he wants to do instead of obeying. he might not be the best example or person to look up to, but when it comes to his brothers, he only wants what's best for them.

PERSONALITY

aidan has always been that geeky kid at heart. Using sarcasm as his only protection when growing up. he wasn't necessarily a loser but also not the most popular kid in school. had a bit of a rebellious streak in his teenage years but that didn't take away his nice and caring personality. he mostly did it just to piss his parents off. but he did get in a lot of fights, both physical and verbal, so he may have come over as an asshole at times. very protective over his younger siblings, especially atlas. of course he noticed how the little boy wanted their parents' attention and only got it during the holidays so they could parade around with their "perfect" children. after that, they were on their own. which is why aidan sort of took on the role of dad when growing up. just to make sure his siblings stayed happy and not become depressed. in a nutshell, he's a nice and caring person that could use sarcasm as his defense. he's not one to get angry that easily but when he does, be careful. his siblings' well being means everything to him so he can come over a bit overprotective. but overall, he's not the worst guy.

[delightfms]

[ … ] ❀ you’re not from around here , are you? i figured because you totally just missed { charlotte james } walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who { she/her } is/are ? they kind of look like { havana rose liu } and i could be wrong but i think that they might be { twenty six } years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last { twenty years }. and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of { alexis rose } from { schitts creek }. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at { - } as a { fashion journalist }. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the { melodramatic } of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty { self-involved } at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty { spirited } to me. we see each other all the time since they live in that { two bedroom } apartment beside me over in { mango bay }. i better leave you to it. it was nice meeting you!  { jules. 27. she/her. central. } 

name: charlotte james nickname(s): charlie, lottie, char, cherry gender: cis-female pronouns: she/her age: twenty six dob: september 5 pob: cape cod, massachusetts orientation: bisexual

biography:

she has a close-knit family of four: her dad, a passionate lawyer; her mom, a force in the fashion industry; and her older sister, celeste, who charlie has always looked up to. the two sisters were inseparable growing up, often caught in mischievous adventures that had them exploring the town, sneaking into their mom’s closet, or plotting out new ways to get their crushes attention (including taking the sail boat out for a joyride). the james' sister bond was built on shared laughter and a love of adventure. even though the family moved away from the cape when charlie was six, they always made sure to return for vacations. cape cod is truly a place charlotte will always hold closely and will still escape to when needing a break.

lottie's mother, who was always involved in high-end fashion, was a big influence on her career. she would often take charlie to fashion events, where the glamour and excitement of the industry enamored her. charlotte would spend hours rifling through her mom’s luxury wardrobe and flipping through fashion magazines, dreaming of one day becoming a part of that world. the fashion scene, paired with her love for storytelling, led lottie to journalism at a young age, and by the time she was 18, she was already interning with major publications, learning from the best.

after college, where she balanced her passion for fashion with a journalism degree, charlie's career took off. she worked with gq, elle, and vanity fair, eventually landing a position at vanity fair where she still thrives today, diving into the world of high fashion, celebrity culture, and everything in between.

personality:

she's goofy, spontaneous, and full of life, with an infectious energy that can light up any room. she loves fiercely and cares deeply about her friends, family, and work. she's not the most organized person, often losing track of time or misplacing her phone. she’s the kind of person who shows up with a smile, no matter what, and is almost always ready for an adventure.

her older sister, celeste, is still her best friend and confidante, and even though they’ve grown older, their mischievous dynamic hasn’t changed one bit, truly balancing each other out.

though she may have her moments of being a little clueless, charlie is 100% authentic. her passion, drive, and heart make her who she is.

connection ideas:

familial: cousins, aunts, uncles, etc..

platonic: best friend, childhood friends, acquaintances, mentor/mentee, sibling like friends, etc..

romantic: exes (ending on good or bad terms), fwb, crushes, childhood crush, etc..

other: similar work friends, someone who works alongside charlotte, open to anything!