#laughtrackintro

[rcbinpenn]

hey hey hey!! i’m jay (he/him), and i’m here live to bring robin penn to the scene. he’s your run of the mill uber progressive film bro whose interests include whole foods, organically-rolled joints, and being the wokest person in the room. more info below the cut, and feel free to message me if you wanna plot :))

( avan jogia, cis male, he/him ). hey, isn’t that [ ROBIN PENN ] walking down bennington street? i think the [ 25 ] YEAR OLD [ FILMMAKER ] is from [ CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO ]. i’ve heard some rumors down at ginger’s, saying that they're [ SELF-RIGHTEOUS AND GUARDED ], but then again they’re known to be [ CHARMING AND INNOVATIVE ].  either way, they seem to be interesting, hope they’ll stick around.

stats ; 

full name: robin chatura penn

place and dob: cherry hills village, co on november 23rd, 1994 (did i do that math right oh god) 

sexuality: pansexual

zodiac sign: sagittarius

hogwarts house: gryffindor

parallels: kyle scheible (lady bird), vanessa abrams (gossip girl), elliot alderson (mr. robot), miss grotke (recess), tyler durden (fight club), kate stratford (10 things i hate about you), diane nguyen (bojack horseman), jay gatsby (the great gatsby) 

background ; 

okay so! first thing to know about robin is that he’s hella disingenous about his background, so even though this is like ~ the truth ~ he’s definitely told your character something different (although he tries to mention his past as little as possible, mostly just sprinkles tidbits that he knows he can keep up) when they ask 

but with that being said !!! robin penn grows up in upper class suburbia and it’s the thing he hates the most about himself. he’s the third of five kids so he’s got huge middle child syndrome, but also since his parents had like four other kids to show off they were kind of content with him doing his own thing? so he becomes the black sheep of the penn family easily, and is also kind of the outcast of his entire neighborhood? but i mean, they looked down on him and at the same time he looked down on them from his high horse of progressivism, so it was all very mutual

but growing up without any tangible people to relate to isn’t all bad, because it’s how he discovers movies! he watched every classic there is pretty quickly and moved onto niche foreign films, which is why he’s now so well-versed in like absurdist french films from the late 80′s when nobody else gives a fuck

he makes his first film at fifteen and uploads it to youtube, where it does fairly well!! it by now means makes him a viral sensation or anything, but it’s successful enough to make him a god amongst the outcasts and artsy types at his high school. this is where a lot of his ego and confidence and “i’m woker than you” complex gets super intensified, because the kids he was surrounded by were all entitled rich preps who were like ~wow you know about the war in iran~ and loved to put him on a pedastal of knowing so much about the world and being such an activist when he’s really just another left-leaning anarcho-socialist

his parents try for like .2 secs to convince him that the film industry is unreliable and not the best to go into, but he obviously doesn’t listen so they cough up some money and send him off to usc

and finally!! he is free from his upbringing!! he can be whoever he wants!! so that’s exactly what he does. i’ll just insert this portion of my app in bc i think it encapsulates it pretty well: and this is where robin 2.0 begins. it’s not that he’s ashamed of where he comes from - except that, well, yes he is. he hates the idea of making all these pictures about oppression and class struggle only to come from the dictionary definition of affluent privilege. so he doesn’t lie, necessarily, but he does borrow some storylines from the thousands of movies he’s seen in his life. at freshman orientation he comes from a poor village in east india; at a party downtown he’s from the wrong side of the tracks in the bronx; and at a local art gallery, where he first meets raphael brooks, he’s from a broken home on the outskirts of san francisco. he is the writer of his own life, able to keep each storyline perfectly separate, and he doesn’t say a word to anyone when he goes back to his million-dollar estate in the hills of colorado

he does well at film school, he makes some pretty decent films and because of his charming and magnetic nature he gets a good bit of job offers that would have him staying in la BUT he’s like “fuck that, la is superficial and pretentious and i’m gonna go to new york and make REAL art”

so he does, kind of? i’m literally so tired asfjkaslj i’m sorry i’m just gonna copy and paste more from my app, fuck original wording all my homies hate original wording: new york is everything he imagined it to be and yet nothing like it at all. he’s a stranger in this city all over again, and while that excites him as far as being able to craft a new character for himself, it also means he’s starting from scratch. and while everyone in california is obsessed with the glitz and glamour of movies, it feels like robin’s style of grit and provocativeness is the status quo amongst new york filmmakers. he finds himself resorting back to that rich boy attitude buried deep within him, wanting to be worshipped for his artistry and originality without wanting to put in any of the work. it’s been months now since he’s been able to beat this lazy streak and start on a new project, and it’s left him relying on asking his parents for rent money while telling everyone he’s just raking in an income from old and new projects alike. still, now that he’s in this rut, he can’t help but pass the days and wonder: is this it for him? is he a one-hit wonder only capable of regurgitating what everyone around him has already produced, or is there still a story inside of him to tell?

that’s it, i think !! i’m sorry i’m functioning on so little sleep, feel free to message me with any questions or concerns or complaints or PLOTS very excited to get started, xoxoxo

#ft. robin #laughtrackintro #HELLO MEET BENNINGTON'S LOCAL PRETENTIOUS TRASH

[kylesjiang]

hey!! my name is raven. i’m currently a junior (going 21 in a few months!!) taking a pre-med course and i like to write in my spare time :꒰◍•ᴗ•◍꒱: i’m also really nervous to be interacting with everyone because i am an awkward bean and my social prowess is practically nonexistent. also i keysmash when i can’t think of what to say akjdhskfalks 

anyway, here’s kyle  ‧₊˚✩彡

( zheng shuang, cis female, she/her ). hey, isn’t that [ KYLE JIANG / JIANG YING YUE ] walking down bennington street? i think the [ 25 ] year old [ OWNER OF ASIAN BREW ] is from [ SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS ]**. i’ve heard some rumors down at ginger’s, saying that they're [ SENSITIVE & OBSESSIVE ], but then again they’re known to be [ GENEROUS & LOYAL ].  either way, they seem to be interesting, hope they’ll stick around.

stats

full name: jiang ying yue 

date of birth: october 13, 1994 (libra)

height: 5′5 (i wish i’m at least this tall irl)

moral alignment: true neutral

mbit: infp

hogwarts house: hufflepuff

backstory

ying yue’s grandparents were opportunists. 

while the rest of the world stared frozen at the devastation left by the second world war, her grandparents took one short look and turned away. with a family to support, “mourning,” her grandfather had said, “won’t bring any food to your table”- a proverb proven to be true in a society as fast-paced as america. 

the jiang empire started with a single coal-fire boiler in springfield, illinois. by 1965, the family had risen from a lower-working class to an upper-middle class, seemingly assimilating with the euro-americans. presently, the jiangs own the largest utility in illinois, providing springfield and its neighboring cities with electric power. 

thus, ying yue’s birth was highly celebrated. 

she was nothing short of a princess. mild-mannered ying yue was sheltered and kept in a seemingly enclosed space by her overprotective parents. she was born in an environment where obedience and perfection were to be expected. 

(they were jiangs, after all. and no amount of cultural assimilation will change the fact that they are first and foremost full-blooded chinese.)

even after the birth of her younger brother, zhi shu, ying yue was to take over the family business as the first-born. and for the longest time, that’s the only thing she knew. she didn’t have dreams of her own, never even thought she was allowed to have one- perfectly fine with living as jiang ying yue. 

meeting her first boyfriend in highschool was a game-changer. 

her relationship was never public. it was a relationship filled with late-night texts and sneaky pecks in an empty hallway, of the subtle brushing of hands, and lingering gazes. even when she feels her heart brimming with love, threatening to spill over, she can never tell her parents about zach. 

because zach, with his light brown eyes and even lighter hair, was every bit an american. he was someone her parents will never want her to be with. but zach, sweet and ever-patient zach, simply nods and smiles in a way that makes her wish she wasn’t jiang ying yue. 

in a way, zach (because all good things happen with zach) made her wish come true. 

because through zach, kyle was born.

it wasn’t as highly celebrated as ying yue’s birth, but kyle wouldn’t have it any other way. because kyle, kyle has options, has freedom- freedom to dream and to simply be. 

and dream she did. 

she talked to zach about how she dreams to be in new york, to own her own cafe. She talks about the future- “a studio apartment big enough for the two of us, maybe it’s even possible to get one with a balcony!” 

zach’s eyes would crinkle as he laughs, claiming that they should at least worry about college first, and kyle would stop and smile at him, lacing their fingers together. 

it took a lot of convincing, a lot of tears, and talks, but her parents ultimately allowed her to be in new york. she felt a bit selfish leaving everything to her brother’s hands, but she’s finally living her dreams.

her first two years in college were the best time of her life. she can hold zach’s hand in public now, kiss him when she feels like it, sleep curled up in his arms.

but, as they said, all good things must come to an end.

and end it they did. 

despite that, ying yue still likes living as kyle.

she wakes up to the sun shyly peeking through her sheer curtains, drink her steaming tea on an open balcony, walk through the crowded streets of nyc, own a cafe that’s doing fairly well. 

isn't that everything she wanted?

and if she finds herself awake at night, thinking about what could have been with her first love, imagining every scenario where their paths may one day cross again, wishing to see him smile at her for one last time,

well, that’s a secret shared between her and her pillow.

headcanons

no one has ever seen her raise her voice or act rude besides that one guy in college who called her by her given name. 

yes, she hates being called ying yue

she’s staying at the same modest apartment she chose with zach before they broke up

someone: is in a relationship, or with dubious morality (highkey asshole) kyle: is this my true love

aside from aster, she never had any girl friends because they claimed “her smile is too fake, and her voice is too soft to be anything but forced”

she’s very close with her little brother, zhi shu (andrew)

she’s a very sensitive and a crybabie- lich rally will cry when angry, happy, frustrated 

on their first official date as a couple, she begged zach to take her to mcdonalds (a day of enlightenment)

#laughtrackintro #lowkey wants to yeet kyle into the sun #but also like keep her in my pocket

[leo-geller]

hey there, hi there, ho there! it’s ya boi zack (he/him/his) here with one of my newly-favorite muses! read through Leo’s overly-detailed & long as hell intro & give it a like if you want to plot! can’t wait to bring him to you all!!

( jacob elordi, cismale, he/him ). hey, isn’t that [ LEONARDO “LEO” GELLER ] walking down bennington street? i think the [ 26 ] YEAR OLD [ COOK/ASPIRING ACTOR ] is from [ QUEENS, NY ]. i’ve heard some rumors down at ginger’s, saying that they're [ RECKLESS & IMPULSIVE ], but then again they’re known to be [ PROTECTIVE & FLIRTATIOUS ].  either way, they seem to be interesting, hope they’ll stick around.

STATS: 

Name: Leonardo “Leo” Henry Geller

Date of birth: October 25, 1993

Age: 26

Pronouns: he/him/his

Zodiac sign: Scorpio

Sexuality: Heterosexual (for now)

Fc: Jacob Elordi

Height: 6′3″

Background: (tw: mentions of abandonment, alcoholism, rehab, & abuse)

Leo was born on a cool October morning in 1993 to Solomon & Joanne Geller. They were a perfectly happy family according to the friends & neighbors of their neighborhood in Queens, but appearances can be deceiving. When Leo was 12, Joanne left her husband & son, leaving Leo alone to care for his dad & his new drinking habit. 

Soon, Saul’s drinking got worse and Leo ended up in foster care while Saul entered rehab. Leo was bounced from home to home & each time he prayed would be the last. The father of his last foster family had a habit of beating Leo whenever he acted out: stealing, setting small fires, talking back; and left more than just physical scars on 13-year old Leo. Eventually, he was taken out of the system & reunited with his dad when he got out of rehab. 

He hung out with a rough crowd in high school and began smoking, sleeping around, and getting in fights. Leo wasn’t a bad student, however, and aced nearly all of his classes, but could never let his so-called friends find that out. He just kept up appearances like he had the first 12 years of his life until graduation. 

Leo had no intentions of going to college & instead planned a cross country trip on his motorcycle to find himself. But as the trip got closer and closer, he was worried about leaving his dad alone. The two always had the other to count on, & this would be the first time since Leo was in foster care that he’d be away from his dad for more than a few days. He canceled the trip, blaming it on bad weather & low funds to Saul who didn’t pry any further. 

He started working at the deli in high school “to gain work experience” he claimed, but in actuality Leo was there to keep tabs on his dad & make sure he didn’t slip back into his drinking addiction. At first he hated working there, but came to love it over the years & considers his co-workers like family. 

Leo decided he needed to move out of his childhood home - he was quickly approaching 27 - & as fate would have it, he found an apartment on the same street as the deli. Saul loved having someone close by to keep an eye on the place & Leo didn’t mind saving Saul an early-morning Saturday commute into the city, even though he does it anyway. 

Personality: 

Leo’s your stereotypical bad boy with a heart of gold. He doesn’t really express his emotions something he learned in foster care but will to those close to him. Leo’s got some trust issues and worries that if he ever gets close to someone romantically, they’ll just end up leaving him like his mom. Still, he does flirt with any cute girl that comes in for a pastrami sandwich or that he meets at Ginger’s. He’ll break your heart or your face, depending what side of his you get on. 

Headcannons: 

His most prized possession is the motorcycle he restored himself in high school. He keeps it at his dad’s house in Queens because he doesn’t trust parking it anywhere in the city. Her name is Polly. 

Leo takes his coffee black with his morning cigarette. He knows smoking is a filthy habit, but he picked it up in high school and just can’t bear to give it up. He tries hiding his habit from his dad, but suspects Saul already knows about it. 

Leo & his dad have a standing poker night every Thursday and have kept up with it since they were reunited over 10 years ago. It’s their thing and, Leo even lets the old man win once in a while. 

He can always be found wearing boots and a leather jacket when the weather cools down, but trades that in for a tee-shirt and jeans in the warmer months. The boots stay on during summer, too.

Has a secret journal he writes his thoughts in whenever something of importance comes to him & is hidden in plain sight amidst a stack of books in his bedside table. It’s an inconspicuous brown, leather-bound book he picked up in a shop one day after his english teacher commended him on his writing. 

Though he excelled in all of his classes, Leo’s favorite subject in high school was English. He loved reading the books his teacher, Mr. Kincade assigned in class, and would get books passed on to him under the table (sometimes literally) that weren’t required but that Mr. K thought Leo would like. 

Leo doesn’t have any set career aspirations, but has always thought that becoming an actor would be cool. Acting allows him to escape into someone else’s story, allowing Leo to forget his troubles and focus on the feelings of someone else. In high school, his friends dared him to audition for the school play and he was given a small role. Ever since then, he’s been itching to get back on stage. 

Plays the guitar, and is a (very secret) Taylor Swift fan. He thinks she writes great songs that evoke a multitude of emotions. Obviously no one knows this, as he likes having at least one secret to himself.

#laughtrackintro #intro

[mvrphys]

( michael evans behling, cis male, he/him ). hey, isn’t that [ TEVIN MURPHY ] walking down bennington street? i think the [ 27 ] YEAR OLD [ PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYER ] is from [ OTTOWA, ONTARIO ]**. i’ve heard some rumors down at ginger’s, saying that they're [ SCATTERBRAINED & IMPULSIVE ], but then again they’re known to be [ UNDERSTANDING & KIND-HEARTED ].  either way, they seem to be interesting, hope they’ll stick around. 

*throws a peace sign* hi hello, i’m lena, i’m 23, a Stressed grad student, and your local soft n angsty lesbian ! n e way, i am less important than mr. murphy and i am SO DAMN EXCITED to be here w y’all and my son! below is probably waaaay too much information about him, plz let us love you!!!! 

tw: cancer mention, death 

basics  full name: tevin arnold murphy  nicknames: murphy (almost exclusively tbh), murph, literally anything he’s not picky and will be touched that you bestowed him w a nickname  birthday: june 28 (cancer)  height: 6′2″  positive traits: understanding, kind-hearted, determined, reliable  negative traits: scatterbrained, impulsive, disorganized, reckless  moral alignment: chaotic good 

pinterest 

background  - tevin was born to deandra murphy (nee arnold thus the middle name) and william murphy in ottawa - three years later, his younger sister, tali, was born - william played for the ottawa senators and as soon as he had a son he KNEW he was going to raise him on hockey just as he had been - so, from little on, tevin- who eventually became fondly known as murphy by most of his friends- was pushed into the sport - it was always his one thing, the ONE thing he was good at - illness tw: in junior high, his family moved to michigan because his dad got really sick and they wanted to be closer to the mayo clinic in cleveland, ohio - but despite the turmoil in his family, murphy went off to boarding school and pushed himself SUPER hard to make his dad proud and to make something of himself and of his hockey career - he ended up getting an offer to play college hockey at boston college - death tw: SO he went and he was killin it and making a name for himself, but his sophomore year, his dad passed and it devastated him - he wanted to drop out and quit hockey altogether, but his mom convinced him to stay because that’s what william would’ve wanted (sry i swear heavy stuff is almost over) - he graduated and was drafted to play for the ny rangers which is why he’s chillin in new york - but in the nhl he’s basically known as william murphy’s son and as much as he adores hockey and his dad, he wishes they wouldn’t compare him AND reinforce the fact that he lost his dad every time they bring it up (plus he’s a forward just like his dad was) - it’s made him less passionate about the game and lately he’s feeling a little burnt out, he wants so badly to find that love of the game again and to continue to make his family proud and to honor his dad’s memory - so, w all that and his sorta recent breakup, he joined a fight club to blow off steam and to try and put all of his extra emotions somewhere (he isn’t telling anyone about this, but someone get him to open up ig) 

personality  - his height and build make him a lil… intimidating but murphy is a gentle giant - as rough as he is on the ice, he is ten times as sweet off of it - he’s funny and all smiles - the media likes to make him out to be some sort of playboy who sleeps w pretty models and then moves on but… he’s not Like That at all; murphy truly just wants to be loved and to love someone SO hard - he’s a romantic and the monogamous type (not that he doesn’t have hookups, but… he’s into love and spoiling the hell out of one woman Forever) - he’s sensitive and not afraid to cry and though he doesn’t open up about what’s bothering him super often, if he cares about you he’ll show you his heart (plz protect his heart, he’s a soft man) - a bit of a himbo and gets embarrassed about his intelligence, but makes up for it in so many other ways - cancer tw: does a lot of charity work, especially involving pancreatic cancer which is what his dad had - 100% the type of ‘celebrity’ who just goes live on insta and talks about nothing  - uses dumb pickup lines that shouldn’t even actually work, it’s a wonder that he ever gets someone to go out w him (the abs don’t hurt ig)  - he also has a cat named rex who is his son  - a terrible cook besides breakfast food- a MASTER of breakfast food  - meme king, has a whole folder for sure 

so uhhhh give this a like or whatever if ya want- i’m coming to y’all for ALL the plotting regardless, i am a plot whore i won’t lie... SO, hyped to be here w you and i can’t wait to get to know all of you and your awesome muses better!!!! love us plz xoxo 

#laughtrackintro

[nicoinc]

( brigette lundy-paine, non-binary, they/them ). hey, isn’t that [ NICO FAVARELLI ] walking down bennington street? i think the [ 27 ] YEAR OLD [ IT SUPPORT & GAMING STREAMER ] is from [ WAITSFIELD, VT ]. i’ve heard some rumors down at ginger’s, saying that they're [ FIDGETY & OVERTHINKING ], but then again they’re known to be [ DEPENDABLE & LONGSUFFERING ].  either way, they seem to be interesting, hope they’ll stick around.

hello, cutest pies !! i’m bird (25, mst, she/her) and i am so happy to be bringing you my most sleep-deprived libra cinnamon roll, nico favarelli!

they were born a baby... a clean slate! (is this reference too obscure or just too lame? a classic nico conundrum) their family was lower middle class, the proprietors of a struggling construction business, and they were the youngest of four. they started off as nicola jane favarelli and promptly rejected that as soon as they became self-aware. from second grade on, they were nico! every year, the teacher would call roll for the time and by the time they reached middle school, there were multiple kids saying “it’s just nico” alongside them.

big adhd baby! they had a really tough time in school, even after being diagnosed and starting medication. if it wasn’t for their friends, they would’ve just been a hyperactive kid being told for the thousandth time not to draw on their desk. high school was a lot easier, but then they started coding! every moment they could possibly get away with was spent learning how to create and design everything that was cluttering their brain. the only time they stayed present was with their queen, eliza, and the rest of their friends. if someone didn’t force them, they would spend all of their time in their bedroom.

college was a drag (sometimes literally) and they didn’t finish! they got through four semesters and three weeks of a fifth before they dropped out. it turns out, you can’t actually just take all comp sci and literature classes if you want to graduate? when they ran out of classes without prerequisites, they lasted less than a month taking the gen eds they had missed. the solution? make puppy dog eyes until someone mentions you can come with them to nyc, of course!

the twitch (and youtube and facebook and periscope, ffs) streaming didn’t start until they got to new york! initially a quite honestly desperate ploy to be able to make rent, they started streaming their overwatch games after work and picked up a handful of subscribers after a few weeks of nearly nothing. then it was fortnite, which started to boost their profile. nowadays, they switch between a few different games but only really make enough for it to matter when they stream fortnite. it’s a love/hate relationship for the ages.

their game is almost done! it is the most indie of all indie games and is still rough, but they’ve been working on it for the last seven or so years and haven’t shown anyone more than a couple of assets or screenshots of backgrounds. they pretend there isn’t a reason, but there are actually a few. it is absolutely their life’s work, but their expectations are all wonky and who’s to say it doesn’t blow up in their face?

finally, a link to their pinterest to give you a vibe of all the things i didn’t know how to say!

well, i think that’s about it for now! i can’t wait to plot with everyone, i’ve been so distracted reading intros !! (and rewatching the good place finale, i just had to start my rewatch when i did) hmu on discord at is waif#2339

#laughtrackintro #i may be seven years late but here they are !! #i had to stop adding stuff eventually

[raphaelbrcoks]

— INTRODUCING RAPHAEL BROOKS

full app. pinterest.

( tldr ; pretty boy artist falls in love with anything that maintains eye contact with him for more than two consecutive seconds. will kill you with kindness, but only so he can rope you into going to chelsea garden center for the third time that week. )

full name: raphael brooks

gender & pronouns: cismale & he/him

age & dob: twenty-six & august 22nd (big leo energy!)

hometown: long beach, california

occupation: multimedia artist

sexuality: pansexual

favorite girl scout cookie: thin mints

&& background —

born and raised in long beach, ca, which means he says things like “groovy” and “good vibez” and “can you sprinkle some goji berries on that?” unironically. his parents work in colorful careers thirty mins away in LA, so he’s surrounded by art and creatives for most of his childhood and it rlly shapes how he sees the world

starts drawing at a young age, and hey, he’s actually p good. definitely the kid designated to put the illustrations on every group project in school. he enters and wins a lot of art contests, and though his parents are fairly supportive, his brother is his number one fan distributing “raphael brooks rox my sox” tees on the sidelines

his brother dies in a car accident when raphael is twelve and he’s devastated. it rlly fucks with him for a year after because his brother was essentially his best friend, but he slowly but surely starts to confront it and heal and come out better. his parents don’t deal with it as well, and to this day the death is never mentioned in the brooks household. raphael wants to be sympathetic towards them and what they had to go through, but deep down he’s resentful that he had to deal with it all by himself

he emerges from his grief with a newfound attitude towards the world. this kid is all smiles, all laughter, all good vibez (i warned you, disgusting). he befriends people to fill the gap that his brother left, which eventually manifests into his bad habit of falling in love WAY too easily and WAY too hard. he’s probably more in love with the idea of love than his actual lovers, but we don’t talk about that

goes to art school! draws some things! gets a degree! he works for a big animating company in los angeles right out of college, but realizes that he can’t stay in california. he finds a new job in nyc as a video game animator, gets a loose lease on an apartment, and leaves behind the life he knew before

&& fast facts —

hates coffee so much and quite frankly doesn’t understand people who drink espressos as like, a hobby of theirs? if he drinks coffee he’ll dump oat milk and honey in it, but he’ll usually opt for a chai latte or hot chocolate during coffee shop runs

vegan, non-gmo, eco-friendly, green, and every other adjective that equates to “bleeding heart liberal who’s ready to die for the turtles”

really big on board games, and hosts board game nights at the apartment frequently. is a nice kid until it’s time to fucking annihilate you at settlers of catan

loves to listen to indie and folks music with a good beat. a slut for the lumineers, sufjan stevens, maggie rogers, etc etc

he has twenty-two plants and counting. has names and backstories for each of them, which takes him roughly an hour to recite on a good day. everyone begs strangers not to ask about the plants when they enter his apartment

big fan of tattoos! he has six right now (one on his ankle, one on his side, and two on each arm), all of which he drew the design for himself before handing it off to a tattoo artist

volunteers on some weekends to lead tours around local art museums for the elderly. really vibes with judit, an eighty year-old who’s one of his regulars

his most used emojis are 🥺 and 🥰 with a sprinkle of ✨

#muse. #laughtrackintro #a speedy 3 - 5 business days later <33

[svphias]

hi cuties !! my name’s sibby and i’m so sorry my timezone’s so whack... i’ve literally just woken up ! i hope i haven’t missed out on much, but i thought it’d be a good idea to get sophia’s backstory out and a few dot points because i’m a huge plot h*e and want all the plots ! you can like this and i’ll pop into your dms ♡

QUICK INTRO

( camila mendes, cisfemale, she/her ). hey, isn’t that SOHPIA GUITERREZ walking down bennington street? i think the TWENTY THREE YEAR OLD  MODEL is from NEW YORK CITY. i’ve heard some rumors down at ginger’s, saying that they're EXTRAVAGANT and VINDICTIVE, but then again they’re known to be AMBITIOUS and OPEN-MINDED. either way, they seem to be interesting, hope they’ll stick around.

BACKSTORY

from the moment sophia took her first breath, the only thing she's known is wealth. with her family owning one of the largest banks in the northern hemisphere, it was evident to everyone that sophia would never have to experience any financial struggles.

being an only child, sophia's parents saw her as their ' little, gorgeous angel. '  upon hitting the age of six, she was entered into multiple beauty pagents and after winning the universal royalty pagent, she was offered a four year deal with macy's, which gave her a little taste of the modeling word - and it's a taste that she's been addicted to ever since.

up until high school, things were going well. sophia was doing great in school, her relationship with her parents were as better as ever, and she had a strong group of friends - some would say that her life had the perfect balance. however, the perfect balance didn't last long. 

( tw sexual assault, mention of rape ) in september of 2015, the daily mail ran a headline on sophia's father, saying that he had made unwanted advances on ex employees and had even forced their previous maid into peforming sexual acts. of course, her father denied all these claims and her mother was there to back him up, but other media outlets ran with the claims and before the family knew it, they were settling with seven different women out of court. 

the claims that emerged against her father put a strain on sophia's relationship with her family. a part of her didn't believe the claims, but the other part of her couldn't dismiss what people were saying. she spent the next few years living under the roof of her mother and father's house and as soon as she turned eighteen, she applied for college and moved out, doing her best to distance herself from her parents. 

whilst studying fashion design in college, sophia landed a modeling contract with vogue after she gave a tell-all interview with them, denouncing her parents and saying that she stood by eveyone who made any allegations against her father, claiming that the victims gave no reason for her to doubt them. this interview severed any remaining ties that sophia had to her family, but it's not something that she regrets doing. 

she's now learning to be an adult and honestly ?? she's probably lost as hell. but she's excited to see what the future will bring ! 

DOT POINTS

most of the time sophia’s a lil cutie - if you’re her friend, she’ll go out of her way to make you feel loved.

learnt how to play the drums in middle school bc her parents said she wasn’t allowed to play them.. opps ! she doesn’t really play much now, only when she’s angry, really.

( tw drugs ) drugs aren’t really apart of her daily life, however, she will do them when she’s out partying or feeling down ( not a great coping mechanism, soph ! ) you wont see her doing anything too crazy, but she does love her ketamine and coke.

always can find her with a pack of marlboro southern cuts but she’s tryna quit!!

has major daddy issues because of her past. could this be the reason why she’s constantly scanning tinder and sleeping with any cute stranger she sees ? her psychologist definitely thinks so !

is seriously clucky...... so please don’t put any babies next to her or else she will want one.

give her red vines and she’ll be forever in your debt.

spends too much money on materialistic stuff :~(

can and will sing her heart out

mega flirt, just wants love and attention.

EXTRAS 

PINTEREST !

#laughtrackintro #eeeeep i hope this makes sense

[goldvnby]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK !! i’m literally soo excited rn can’t even use my words lol ! charles aka edward was the first skeleton i clicked on and i instantly knew i had to play him ( i love an asshole heheheheh ) ! anyway i’m madi i’m nineteen and i go by she/her !! 

quick note: bc i’m using charles melton as a fc i changed his name from charles to edward ! just incase anyone is confused ! :-)

( charles melton, cismale, he/him ). hey, isn’t that [ EDWARD CHARLES SEONG ] walking down bennington street? i think the [ 28 ] YEAR OLD [ INVESTMENT BANKER ] is from [ WAITSFIELD, VERMONT ]. i’ve heard some rumors down at ginger’s, saying that they’re [ OBSTINATE & EGOCENTRIC ], but then again they’re known to be [ ASTUTE & MAGNETIC ].  either way, they seem to be interesting, hope they’ll stick around

so for this post i’m going to condense things into bullet points but if you would like to read the full bio you can find that here ! also if for some reason you want even more to look at i have a pinterest, playlist, and his stats u can peak at !

no thoughts head empty

uGH okay fine. 

edward comes from an affluent family located in waitsfield, vermont. his father worked as an investment banker and although his mother didn’t necessarily have a “job” she was highly involved in the community. they were the type of people to flaunt their wealth, and they generally had a reputation in the town as being snooty and proud.

his childhood was cold. his parents spared no time or affection for the young boy, and due to his family’s negative reputation his social circle was relatively small. he did have the boisterous streak running through him from the start but he didn’t really become the social butterfly eddie we know and love until he went away to boarding school. 

his parents went thru a messy messy divorce when he was a teen due to his fathers infidelity and most of his commitment issues stem from them oop.

his parents also put a Lot of pressure on him to be perfect.

at private school surrounded by nothing but other privileged rich kids he quickly discovered that being overly confident and obnoxious could actually get him all of the attention he craved in his childhood, and that’s when party boy edward was born. the schools didn’t like it though and he bounced from private school to private school across the eastern seaboard. 

despite his antics he charmed most of his professors and did really well academically

after spending a gap year in europe he moved to new york city to study at columbia which is when he became suuuuper motivated. he wanted to be a nyc finance bro so bad and so he followed in his dads footsteps and studied finance. 

he took all of his partying and shoved it into short but intense weekends, which rly just made it worse. 

just before he graduated and entered the business world™ his father became the centre of a serious fraud case. it destroyed edward’s credibility and it took him years and a lot of work to get his career back on track ( he’s makin Coin now tho bbs don’t worry ). his dad is in prison but like,, don’t bring it up w edward hehe he’s sensitive abt it. 

edward is very self destructive. the issues he has forming emotional connections and caring abt ppl paired with the massive pressure he puts on himself cause him to have a general disregard for his own life, and it shows.

he desperately craves attention and admiration and uses partying as a way to get it. partying is also pretty much his only copping mechanism, and its not a healthy one. he in a v bad cycle of his high stress work week and wild weekends. 

( alcohol/smoking/drugs tw ) he is a heavy heavy drinker and also frequent user of party drugs ( coke and molly in particular ). he also was a smoker but recently quit when he started dating raph. ocassionally he’ll slip up and have a cig though. he’s also trying to party less now but with it being his only outlet for stress he def struggles with that.

bb has a looooooooooong kill list oops

v much a coffee addict, especially when he’s hungover, he has work to do after all.

can be v abrasive and argumentative, he’s v hard to get along w especially if you don’t know him well. loves a good debate hehe.

is actually a super loyal friend if he actually feels secure in the friendship, he just has a hard time trusting that ppl actually care abt him. will stick up for his friends sooo much. also just wants to make everyone have a good time. can be insensitive to ppls feelings though bc he always thinks he knows best. 

his biggest fear is becoming his father. that’s why he doesn’t do monogamous relationships bc it’s better to not try at all than to try and fail. 

he’s a vvvvvv lonely person, even when surrounded by friends : (

wears a lot of suits. if he isn’t wearing a suit he’s wearing  boat shoes, khakis, and a pastel button up bc he’s a preppy ass pos

i hate him sm 

he’s so cocky ew

likes picking up the tab for his friends bc he knows he’s a lil rich bitch who can afford it hehe. 

almost exclusively eats take out, does not know how to cook for himself. yet is still somehow in perfect shape ????

has really bad insomnia. will often be up all night and just distracting himself with whatever work he can find. 

literally work hard play hard that’s him.

reads the newspaper every morning, esp the finance section obvi

drives a vintage mercedes convertible that Guzzles gas. he loves it but doesn’t get to drive it enough bc theres no point w city traffic. loves getting the chance to drive out of the city, he speeds v bad tho. 

#only ten years later #laughtrackintro

[lucythompson]

┈ 🎕 LUCY HOANG THOMPSON

[ Under the cut, you’ll find a summarized version of Lucy’s bio !! If by any chance you’d like to read through my 9 page monstrosity of a bio, you’ll find it here !! ]

( lana condor, cis female, she/her). hey, isn’t that [ LUCY THOMPSON ] walking down bennington street? i think the [ 25 ] YEAR OLD [ UP AND COMING ACTRESS ] is from [ WAITSFIELD, VERMONT ]. i’ve heard some rumors down at mon’s, saying that they're [ VAIN AND SELFISH ], but then again they’re known to be [ CHARISMATIC AND PASSIONATE ].  either way, they seem to be interesting, hope they’ll stick around.

Lucy was born in small town Waitsfield, Vermont. Her parents, Dahlia and Logan, were the owner of the state renowned Thompson Farms. It's a popular destination for weddings, parties, and vacation getaways. Their vast property had everything - rustic themed rooms, heated pools, gazebos, a small scale whiskey distillery, vegetable patches in the spring, and ski slopes in the winter. For the first eighteen years of her life, Waitsfield was all that she knew and lived for. She was the town sweetheart, beloved by the residents for her easy involvement in the town’s activities.

In high school, she auditioned for a role in the school play. She got the role and the rest was history. She fell in love with the buzz of having the audience’s eyes on her as she learned to command the stage and eventually the very ground she walked upon. She knew all the little tics that made people look her way - tossing her hair over her shoulder, casually tilting her head at the right angle, warm smiles given at exactly the right moment. People never called her vain, they chalked it up to charisma. Lucy knew better, though. She knew she was looking for affirmation elsewhere since her parents gave them too far in between. She’d never once felt unloved. But would it really kill them to go home early from work? After all, their house was only a few yards from their office. 

She was often asked to star in advertisements for the town’s businesses and even got calls if she could voice over their radio ads. That coupled with her last gigs in the theater club, cheering almost every week for season games in every sport, and AP class finals, made her lose track of time during her senior year. She hurriedly filled in her college applications and had them sent in the mail. A letter came in the mail exactly a month before graduation. She got accepted into the collaborative arts program. While it wasn’t her parents’ first choice (they’d rather she go in business or finance), they supported her nonetheless since she's the first in their family to go to university.

The program she enrolled in was rigorous - dance, theater, music, filmmaking, directing, and writing - yet she loved it. She quickly climbed the ranks and was soon widely known throughout the arts department. She even launched her own YouTube channel where she documented her university experience as well as doled out the occasional acting tip. What’s garnered her 200,000+ subscriber count, however, were the numerous skits she’d film, direct, and act in. It started out as a project for their filmmaking class but she’s fallen in love ever since. Her hope kept rising in tune with her subscriber count. She feels like this could really make her visible in the entertainment industry. The perks aren’t too shabby either - she could pay rent, got sponsorships, and even scored the occasional brand partnership.

After her first year university, she decided to do some “soul searching”. What better place to do it than Europe? Her YouTube income coupled with her parent’s fat checks made her stay in over 15 Schengen states possible. Unbeknownst to many (besides her closest friends), she’d been performing all across Italy. These shows weren’t big at all. They were usually performed in parks or town squares for the general public. She did this for a few weeks until she moved onto the next country. 90 days came and went faster than she expected. She produced two skits and a short film while she was touring. However, reality came knocking on her door and decided that it was time for her to fly home and complete her undergrad.

Graduation came all too quickly  and she still hadn’t managed to score any major acting gigs. She graduated summa cum laude from her degree but other than her diploma, her hands were empty. After that, Lucy moved into an apartment downtown with her best friends. She kept at it with her YouTube channel and was now at almost 500,000 subscribers. The only few odd jobs she’d taken was to be the voice for a couple audiobooks of recently released bestsellers and the freelance designs she’d make for budding businesses Lucy began to feel scared that she was just destined for mediocrity now that she was out of university. 

Hope planted another seed in her when she passed through two screenings to a new Netflix romcom. They had been looking for a “girl next door” type and Lucy had easily stepped into that role. She’s been on her toes waiting for any announcements on the matter. She might be stoked but she’s also extremely fearful. Sure, she could try again but that would land like another punch to the gut. Her income on YouTube combined with her parents’ monthly checks was more than enough to keep her comfortable. However, she worried if another heartbreak would make her lose inspiration from putting out quality content.She was terrified thinking if she wasted four years of her life just to pack up and go home.

Headcanons:

Lucy’s definitely the type to wear sundresses until it gets too unbearably cold to keep it up.

She’s very particular about her coffee (thank god ginger’s makes it good. Which leads to the fact that she barely sleeps at all. Two glasses of wine could make her feel mellow enough to relax for the night but it isn’t until she hits the harder liquor that she can fall into a dreamless sleep. 

She isn’t particular at all about the alcohol she consumes. Whatever helps her sleep at night is good enough.

She wants a bearded dragon so bad, maybe she’ll get one.

She’s quite into fitness so whenever she has free time, she’d hit the gym a few buildings down from their apartment. You could even catch her there close to midnight “blowing off some steam”, as she likes to call it.

She really wants to learn Asian languages so she’s starting with Vietnamese. She can speak and read like a third grader so she has weekly conversations with her mom to practice. 

Lucy sleeps on the very edge of the bed. She’s fallen off, oh - 5 times the past month but that doesn’t stop her from falling back asleep on the floor

She keeps a rubbermaid of snacks in her closet. She love giving people snacks but DO NOT TAKE THEM WITHOUT HER KNOWING - because she’ll know (she probably counts them).

Has a car but never uses it (Is it even working though?)

#laughtrackintro #here's lucy !! #about

[ielnico]

( booboo stewart, genderqueer, he/they ). hey, isn’t that [ NICO BOUCHARD ] walking down bennington street? i think the [ 27 ] YEAR OLD [ ASPIRING PLAYWRIGHT & PART-TIME GAMING STREAMER ] is from [ WAITSFIELD, VERMONT ]. i’ve heard some rumors down at ginger’s, saying that they're [ HAPHAZARD AND UNTETHERED ], but then again they’re known to be [ PASSIONATE AND RADIANT ].  either way, they seem to be interesting, hope they’ll stick around.

hello loves, finally coming at ya with nico’s intro. for once pls don’t blame them for the lateness. pls do throw this a like if you want me to come plot with ya <3

all nico wanted was to grow up in montreal. that was it

but age 5 their skeevy dad ran off with another woman and their mom thought they needed a change so they hopped across the border to waistfield, vermont and nico languished there for the next decade and a half

the whole premise felt tired, forever stuck in the first minute of an unoriginal netflix coming of age film trailer but god was it the truth

they didn’t wait until they were in new york to try and strike out a little, during high school they constantly pushed the dress code to the point of permanent detention

( but who else was going to bring bell bottoms back? )

they were that theatre kid without being that theatre kid - there were a few on stage roles but they mainly fell in love with everything behind the scenes - buildings sets, making costumes and, above all, writing their own original plays

they were the person in high school that everyone knew, and everyone got on with, but they really reserved their close circle for very few

nico moved to new york exactly 9 days after graduating

they wracked up 2 years of student debt at the new school, studying playwriting before deciding they could learn it better (and cheaper) on their own

the only real work they’ve managed to get has been assisting in some off broadway set and costume designs

so they’re now just ‘aspiring’...at many things

but their mom would never know because they haven’t had to ask for a penny from her for years

see, they’ve stumbled into a couple arrangements that have worked out fabulously. and who are they to argue if older, richer people want to treat them to trips and clothes and dinners

if they were ashamed of it no one would know..

no one knows.

they’re reliably the last to show up to any gathering, the one to go to for bar/club recommendations and always guaranteed to whoop you at any video game

oh and they have a cat called teemo who is way better fed than them

#laughtrackintro

[lttommy]

(panicked) intro???

in which: bug mun is far less chill than muse. tl;dr, tommy more. turning 24 in a month, this young punk is the epitome of “your friend’s younger sibling they agreed to watch so you have to put up with” energy. he moved to la to try to make it big in music before the tough realization of his rent bracket hit, so, rather than give up on the dream and go back home to his parents’, he’s been crashing on a certain cousin’s couch for far too long in another too-expensive city while waiting/bartending at ginger’s because he schmoozed himself into the gig.  a profile is up! bio is also up, but let's be real, the profile almost always gives all the needed info anyway. further trivia under the cut!

( ross lynch, demiboy, he/they ). hey, isn’t that [ TOMMY MOORE ] walking down bennington street? i think the [ 23 ] YEAR OLD [ ASPIRING MUSICIAN & BARTENDER ] is from [ OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON ]**. i’ve heard some rumors down at ginger’s, saying that they’re [ CHOLERIC & FLIGHTY ], but then again they’re known to be [ CHARMING & EASY TO TALK TO ].  either way, they seem to be interesting, hope they’ll stick around.

♪ tommy’s guitar is mint-green, which is the cause of his favorite color, not the other way around.  ♪ talks shit about non-washington-based starbuckses and coffee in general. prefers to drink good coffee over shitty stuff, which means he’s predominantly caught with energy drinks in hand. good coffee takes time he’s not willing to devote! ♪ oh, you thought this wasn’t gonna be actual trivia? you fool. fun facts only. ♪ he was raised in olympia, washington, so any childhood/early meet plots may be kinda tough, but i’m also very much down for online/chatroom friends. “y-you’re joanjett69??” ♪ ( he also deeply needs plots that prove the friends actually like him and don’t just tolerate his existence because he’s around! pls! ) ♪ he’s non-binary, but not incredibly okay with that/out yet. he/hims are great, i just think this is a cute/sad tidbit  ♪ absolute nick-naming, flirty sleazeball, hence the schmoozing-old-ladies ability. spends a lot of time in bars, for performing, listening, and work reasons, thus, the only thing stopping him from being deeply ingrained in hook-up culture is, y’know, the lack of a bed thing. save us both.  ♪ and, of course, what would a tommy moore post be without mentioning his love for punk singers and female artists in general? seriously, he’s weak. punk is his go-to, and blares music loud enough that the people beside him on the subway can hear it through his headphones. how he hasn’t given himself tinnitus yet is a mystery. 

is that it? good god this got long. i’m just really stoked, okay? find me on discord for plotting & booking! 🖤

#laughtrackintro

[asterrology]

( abigail cowen, cis female, she/her ). hey, isn’t that [ ASTER HUTCHINS ] walking down bennington street? i think the [ 23 ] YEAR OLD [ SOCIALITE ] is from [ QUEENS, NY ]. i’ve heard some rumors down at ginger’s, saying that they're [ IMPULSIVE & INTENSE ], but then again they’re known to be [ SPIRITUAL & EMPATHETIC ]. either way, they seem to be interesting, hope they’ll stick around.

i’m gonna preface this with a warning that’s very rambly & all over the place but it’s currently midnight and i have half a brain at the best of times lmao BUT hey hi hello i’m harley & this witchy, weird + wild child aster! pls hit me up for all the plots or like this and i’ll come to you!

xoxo harley

name: aster hutchins.

age: twenty-three.

pronouns: she/her.

sexuality: bisexual.

tv tropes: hot witch , cloud cuckoo lander / agent mulder , spoiled sweet & the beautiful elite !

star sign: aquarius ♒️ ( + free spirited , energetic // - eccentric , unpredictable )

alignment: chaotic good.

mbti: enfp-t.

hogwarts house: hufflepuff ( + kind , passionate // - naive , passive-aggressive )

temperament: sanguine.

enneagram: type 7.

aster has always had a wild streak in her. she may not have directly ‘ rebelled ’  from her parents from the get go, but she was always a free spirit.

her family was quite wealthy and proper. which usually meant aster would roll her eyes while her mother picked out her dress & did her hair in the morning // her mother would sigh when she came home with fiery curls wild and free from whatever style they had been in before and stains on her dress. as she got older, she strayed further and further from her parents ideals. they convinced themselves it was a rebellious teenager thing but the teen years passed and she was still embracing her own way in life. 

it never came from a place of malice. she didn’t reject her family & their way of living, but she just always felt like more. something big was going to happen to her, she was destined for greatness ; she could feel it. the cards told her exactly that. 

many would have been content with that promise from the universe, but not aster. she couldn’t just sit and wait for it. there was a compelling need to go & seek out this greatness. her parents guided her towards roman, which she happily followed.

does she have a plan now that she’s here? no. is she having a good time tho? yep!! that’s enough for her now. wants to ground herself and not just rely on her parents money but uhhh the job hunt isn’t going great for her so she’s sitting pretty with that socialite title & palm reading in ginger’s. ( i wish i was her ngl )

many take her belief in tarot, crystals & the stars as an indication she is naive and/or ditzy. they aren’t completely wrong, but aster doesn’t lose sleep over the words. people will think what they want to think & she will keep being her wacky self. ( she is an aquarius after all ! )

if you asked her ( 11/10 would not recommend ) knowing someone’s astrology chart is all you need to know. has told friends not to go on dates bc they star signs didn’t line up, has left her own dates, ngl probably a job interview or two as well, will call up her friends for an ‘ important issue ’ that starts with so your horoscope for today said... & will not drop it until a serious conversation about her concern/excitement/etc

you don’t wanna know how many astrology/horoscope apps she has. still gets the newspaper for their horoscope section DESPITE THE ENDLESS AMOUNT ON HER PHONE

note books, polaroid cameras, etc SHE EATS THAT UP !!

“that was such a leo thing to do” “you only did that bc you’re a libra-scorpio cusp” “i saw ur horoscope said something bad was gonna happen so i pulled some tarot cards on it anD I THINK” ….ON A DAILY BASIS 

thinks she can give unsolicited advice because the stars/tarots told her something

#laughtrackintro #( aster hutchins ; musings ) / * LIVES IN A FAIRY TALE ; TOO FAR FOR US TO FIND

[frankieshq]

[ itzy vc ] hey, hey, hey, it’s your girl summer coming at you with her twenty years of mediocre existence to present miss FRANKIE KWON. meet my self-conscious, awkward babie who uses sarcasm as a defense mechanism. you can find info about her under the cut !! i might have written a long ass bio that i didn’t bother to finish on a google docs but will be linking that one soon.

BACKGROUND

[tl;dr: young girl grows up in a matriarchal household that is heavy with regret and blame. dad comes and makes her childhood a bit happier, only to leave and break her heart because he’s an asshole. grows up thinking her smarts is gonna save her, but it’s actually her humor that does]

to truly understand frankie kwon, one must go way back--back to when her grandparents first immigrated to michigan. landing in detroit, sunhwa kwon and her husband didn’t have it easy. she had a two-year-old hanging by her neck and a brilliant but unambitious husband. she had to struggle with odd jobs for years while taking care of her family and helping her husband learn english, so he can use his engineering degree in america. she became a severe woman, never softened by affection but hardened by grit and hard work. eventually, the her husband was able to land a stable job and the family relocated to chelsea. 

sunhwa made sure to train and hone her daughter jina’s natural intellect, but her methods were severe and lacking in affection. jina looked for the affection she didn’t find at home elsewhere. she fell in love with the first boy that called her beautiful, and at eighteen, gave birth to francesca areum kwon. 

and so it goes that frankie was born in a household  heavy with guilt, blame, and regret. there was love there somewhere, but it was constantly shadowed by feelings that existed way before she did. the emotional scars her mother and grandmother inflicted on each other were too deep-seated that their love for each other hid behind a cover of blame and snark. at a young age, frankie learned how to read a room, learned what to say or do so as to not aggravate the precarious balance of their household. she learned how to figure out whether her mother was too tired from work or whether her grandmother was in a snappy mood. it was a tightrope dance she learned how to perfect, growing up faster than she should have. 

all her grandmother’s lost hope for her mother transferred to frankie, and her grandma supervised her education with the same vigor. although, this time, she was a tad bit more affectionate to her granddaughter (i mean all grandmas can’t resist their grandchildren, let’s be real). her mom wanted to protest, but aside from the guilt, she was always busy. being a single mom was hard enough, but she also had to take care of her aging mother.

frankie is a shy kid by nature, but her household just intensified this predisposition. she had few friends because she was scared about approaching kids first. she spends her time watching cartoons, studying, and writing in her journal.

enter: frankie’s dad, andrew grant. he left chelsea and his pregnant ex-gf bc he’s an asshole. but he comes back nine years later because he failed at whatever version of the american dream he was following at that time.

he taught frankie to have fun !! she’d spend afternoons at his car shop bantering with him and telling jokes. eventually, she relayed these jokes to people at school and was shocked when people actually laughed. she became more well-liked, developed a sense humor, and had more friends. the ages 9-12 were probably her happiest. 

at 12 years old, she got invited to a middle school sleepover for the weekend. but she had a big test on monday, and her grandma doesn’t allow her to go to stuff if she has tests the next schoolday. with the help of her mom, she was able to go to it by pretending it was a school event. had so much fun and forgot to study. she didn’t get a grade high enough for her grandmother to be happy, though. once her grandma found out what she did and her mom’s involvement, she was livid !! that was the biggest fight her grandma and mom got into and frankie was grounded for a month. the worst part was, throughout the fight, frankie felt like she was a burden to the two women she loved the most. she felt like she was the reason her mother was always tired, constantly nagged on by her grandmother about wasted potential.

to make matters worst, her dad left town again. fell in love with some other venture. he told her he would come back but never did. 

since that day, frankie dedicated herself full force to her studies. she felt like she needed to make it up to her mom and grandma for all their sacrifices. she built a wall around herself because it’s easier that way. she had few friends, but it was better for her.

her grandmother died during her senior year of high school. she loved her grandma, but she felt as if a weight lifted from her chest. her mom encouraged her to go to school as far as she liked. 

she got a scholarship to columbia and studied statistics like the big nerd that she is !!

she met roman and lucy here, finally felt that she had friends that she felt she can really open to. 

after college, she worked for a firm. she finally felt secure, like she payed some sort of unsaid debt to her grandma but she wasn’t happy, folks :(((

she first did stand-up as a dare on an open mic and she was so shocked that people laughed. she was tipsy then, and kept made self-deprecating jokes of her childhood trauma. love that for her.

the more stand-up she did, though, the more nervous she got because she gets really worried if she’s doing things right. instead of improving, she got worse because her nerves always get to her. don’t get me wrong the jokes are great, it’s just that her execution doesn’t always land.

comedy was just a vERY beloved side hobby for her until a small production company based on youtube offered her a writer position. she would get to  write their skits and stuff, but she it payed wAY less than her present job. she was like fuck it, and took the offer. she wanted to make people laugh.

that leads us to here, a girl who is still unsure whether leaving a secure job was the way to go, secretly hoping to be a famous comedian.

PERSONALITY

frankie is like a spring roll you guys. outside, she masks her awkwardness and shyness with some cRunCHy self-deprecating jokes and sarcasm. so, she has an intimidating exterior because she tries to be tougher than she actually is. inside, she’s just a soft and sad girl. she doesn’t talk much if she isn’t comfortable with you, but once she is, she talks a loT. but it does take a while for her to warm up to people. can be extremely judgmental (a trait inherited from her grandma), but her mind can be changed. isn’t stubborn, though, and is actually a doormat. the type of person to say something and obsess over it because she’s scared that it might have offended someone. 

HEADCANONS

lots of repressed femininity because there was a lot of internal misogyny in her household growing up !! it was only until college with the help of lucy, that she was able to access her girlier side. 

is a lesbian, but has a lot of internal homophobia as well. her grandma was a very traditional woman, so frankie feels very guilty about liking girls, and is very hesitant about going on dates and actively looking for relationships even though she’s really lonely.

likes writing a lot !! used to keep journals since she was 8 because it honestly made her feel less lonely growing up. 

nOBODY CALL HER FRANCESCA. she hates that name, but likes her second name a lot. only her grandma called her areum tho.

spends a lot of time at  mon’s deli, and mon could also be counted as her bff. she and the old man gossip and chitchat about the bennington street residents for hours. is this also because she is in dire need of a father figure?? maybe, yes, absolutely

used to have really low alcohol tolerance, but sort of grew out of it?? if she doesnt drink for a month or two tho, her tolerance goes back to zero like dont ask me, i dont make the rules

still a big fan of cartoons and kid humor !! loves amazing world of gumball and steven universe

makes her own kimchi because her grandma and mom have a special family recipe, will happily share if she likes you

i imagine the level of closeness she has in the group varies, like she’s closer to some people than others and acts differently around them

would really like to do stand-up again but still has stage fright

want her to either end up working on something as big as snl or writing movies or overcoming her stage fright and becoming a successful stand-up comedienne !!

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[elimckinney]

ELIZA MCKINNEY.

Having lived in 6 different households by the age of 8, Eliza felt like she never belonged anywhere. The only thing she knew about her biological parents is that they left her at the orphanage. She never really complained, though.

She was a rebel growing up. Every foster parents who wanted her ended up bringing her back to the orphanage because she would get in every trouble someone her age shouldn’t get in – fist fights, a bit of stealing here and there.

When she was 10, she found the perfect family for her. They were patient with her; and they loved her the way every other foster family didn’t. The other foster family would see her as a lost cause once they figure out that she’s someone who often engages in fights. They didn’t try to understand her — something she’s been craving all her life.

However, the best parts of her life didn’t last long. When she was 18, her father became an alcoholic. Every night when he’d come home drunk, he would hurt Eliza and his wife. This went on for another 2 years. During the span of those years, Eliza enrolled herself in MMA classes, in case the need to fight back arises.

After 2 years, Eliza’s mom ended up filing for divorce and since Eliza was already of age, she was allowed to choose. She chose to live with her mom. But, the situation didn’t get any better. Her mom would welcome new men every night, for them to make ends meet. Eliza spent her nights working at underground fightclubs, getting the bets of those attendees, and on some nights, being the lookout.

She got tired of their setup, so she worked her way to a Bachelor’s degree. With her current status in life, as well as her background and her intelligence, she was offered a scholarship, on the condition that she’d have a grade to maintain, to which she ended up exceeding their expectations. She graduated with honors and started to work as a Legal Assistant, before proceeding to take up law.

It seemed like the underground fight clubs always find her, so she ended up signing up as a fighter. She started fighting and winning, making it her night job, without anyone knowing. She also moved out of her mother’s place once she graduated and found herself a job. She earned additional money from fighting, even though she does earn a lot from being a legal assistant.

As an underground fighter during the night and a legal assistant during the day, Eliza was able to save money for law in just a matter of two months. With her excellent Bachelor’s grades and excellent recommendations from the lawyers at work, Eliza was able to go into a good university for law school.

Eliza was able to turn her life around --- although not totally forgetting about fighting. It was something she craved, but needs to get away from, especially if she were to become a lawyer. After 3 years of law school – of overloading subjects – she was able to graduate and pass the bar at first take and was the Bar Top Notcher.

Since she was already living alone, getting job offers from big-named law firms, and getting high pay offers, Eliza felt like she was on top of the world. Never in any moment of her life did she imagine being this successful.

Her career took off and so did the firm’s. In just 3 months, she was earning more than an average person could. She has more than enough for herself, so she thought of going back to the Underground, but not as a fighter; instead, as a gambler.

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