#valdez.intro

[blacklifescience]

"Genetic analysis is indeed increasingly being used as a catalyst for reconciliation - to restore lineage, families, and knowledge of the past to make political claims in the present."

(The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome by Alondra Nelson)

Biocapitalism:

I found the term "biocapitalism" intriguing and wanted to learn a little more. It is a new market that focuses on biological matters. The biotechnology extracts biological materials, such as plasma, blood, sperm, eggs, and treats them as commodities in the economic system. (Valdez, p. 13, footnote 39)

#blklifescience #mi #racial injustice #reconciliation project #social life of DNA #Alondra #huffpost #weighing the future #valdez.intro

[lorettaelizabethretired]

⋆ ◦ ° ☾ haley lu richardson + cisfemale + she/her — have you met buffy laurel? they are a twenty five year old known around town as the barbie girl. they’ve been in the gang life for five years, and currently work for the cobras as a lookout. they are a bisexual leo, which means they are passionate + humorous, as well as stubborn + self-centered. strawberry milkshakes, flower crowns, the entire discography of ariana gande. × ooc clara. twenty five +. she/hers. cst. ×

Elizabeth Marie Laurel; goes by Buffy, Lizzie, Kiddo

Born August 1st, 1993 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Bonnie and Warren Laurel

TW HURRICANE, DIVORCE, ABUSE, DRUG MENTION, ADOPTION

ABOUT 

Buffy was the youngest of three children; she has an older sister, Margot, and a younger brother, Calvin.

Buffy was raised in a very strict Christian home -- church twice every Sunday, Christian education. Strict emphasis on the ten commandments and chastity.

With their parents constantly working to pay rent and put food on the table, Margot did the majority of raising Buffy and Calvin -- but their parents were always sure to eat breakfast with them before they went off to school. Buffy never doubted her parents love for her and her siblings.

Buffy was twelve when Hurricane Katrina hit. Her family lost everything. FEMA relocated them to a Habitat for Humanity home in Ohio, but things were never the same after that.

Her father was the first to move out after having an affair, Buffy was fourteen. 

At age fifteen, Buffy got pregnant after getting her first real boyfriend (he didn’t want a thing to do with her after the test came out positive). Knowing that she did not have the means or maturity it took the raise a kid, Buffy put her son up for adoption. The adoption is technically closed, but the parents of her child send her a picture every year on his birthday.

Buffy’s pregnancy was rough on her relationship with her mother. First, her mother nearly disowned her for having sex out of wedlock, but also her mother intensely wanted Buffy to keep her son -- her mother still makes her feel guilty as often as possible for “giving away her only grandchild”.

Buffy skipped town with her latest boyfriend the summer she graduated high school. (She had a history of being in blind-puppy love with any guy who gave her the least bit of attention -- no matter how big of an asshole he really was.)

Her boyfriend was a small time weed dealer, who decided that he wanted to set up legit shop in Colorado after the drug became legal. 

To help with extra money, Buffy started working as an escort under Jax.

The boyfriend (for reasons she doesn’t enjoy going into) didn’t last and he skipped town a few months after Buffy started work as an escort.

Jax, knowing that the Cobra’s were going to split off and that Buffy wouldn’t ever be able to live with herself as an escort permanently, put her withing the newly forming ranks as a lookout.

Buffy is surprisingly good at her job. She’s ever observant, and she doesn’t draw suspicion -- no one ever thinks that a girl in a pink sundress with a hello kitty phone is up to no good.

PERSONALITY

Buffy is, above all else, a glass half full kind of girl. Nothing brings her greater happiness than bringing smiles out of other people. When she’s sad she keeps that shit to herself. She loves to be goofy, laugh loud, and have fun. Nothing brings her more joy than a stupid meme or a finely placed Vine quote. Her loyalty for the Cobra’s is purely bound by her love of the people there.

WANTED CONNECTIONS

I’m gonna be pretty freewheeling with this girlie! Always welcome connections are one night stands (she loves love!), friends with benefits, friends, found family, coworkers, bar buddies, flirtationships, someone she holds a secret for, maybe some unrequited romances! DAZZLE ME, I’m open to pretty much anything!

#valdez.intro #the barbie girl; buffy laurel #biofacts;buffy

[oceanbreaks]

they call me an ugly white man’s whore … but HE KINDA CUTE Ok , even tho my friend said he looks like ned from horton hears a who and i can’t stop thinking about it … ANYWAYS ! tl;dr is below but a right mess , so apologies in advance . also wanted connections for ALL THREE OF MY CHARAS ! pls feel free to come and plot with me i want plots with every single one of y’all ‘cos im Greedy:tm: , alternatively , like this post and i’ll come to you !

⋆ ◦ ° ☾ paddy considine + male + he/him — have you met ethan rylance? they are a forty three year old known around town as the entangled. they’ve been in the gang life for seven years, and currently work for the savages as a medic. they are a bisexual virgo, which means they are steadfast + tender, as well as reticent + weary. annotated articles, the crunch of leaves under chelsea boots, reluctant acceptance . × tasha. twenty. she/her. est. ×

⁃ [ mconahey hey hey vc ] alright , alright , alright … this bitch never knew his father ! probably for the best, but surprise he was off in valdez up to no good, him and his dearest ma were in the city of stars ( angels ? ) LA ! his mother was an aspiring actress who never made it, but did her best to support him all the same . it made him kinda v independent , with a lot of time to himself which he spent mostly in nature b/c la has some rly nice hiking trails omg

⁃ suffers from ptsd stemming from a car accident he was in when he was like sixteen, resulting in the death of his step-dad and a rly bad stammer that he went to therapy for . 

⁃ mr. ethan was always curious abt his but his mom was adamant on telling him anything until he was eighteen . when he turned eighteen , his mom was like ye he’s in valdez i don’t talk to him but like do what u will with that info !

⁃ he takes a trip down to valdez to discover his dearest daddy is just bumming around total deadbeat… Sad  but ethan so very longing for that father figure keeps in touch, and gets to know him and for the most part rly likes him . discovers he has an alcohol abuse problem , most likely stemming from ptsd from vietnam .

⁃ anyhaps he doesn’t stay in valdez b/c he’s like nah .. not my scene lmao , but goes to school a couple states over in arizona , so he can be close to his momther and father … aw , but closer to mom cos she’s more Valid but he keeps in regular contact with his father and tries to see him at least once a year

⁃ he studies psychology and loves it , loves school , becomes a counselling psychologist specifically for those with ptsd ( but also has the right requisites for like psychiatry cos he took bio or whatever life sci requisite u need idk ) 

⁃ ok bare with me cos im not even sure on the details, but in the span of him first meeting his pops and now , dad ends up in jail ( he owed money to the savages, so did a job to pay it off which included a home invasion with several other ppl in which one person died, even tho he wasn’t the one who shot him , he took the fall cos he was pretty expendable considering he wasn’t actually part of the gang ) , ethan offers to help with costs of legal advice and his sentence is reduced to like ten years

⁃ n his dad is like hey im out ! come chill xd and ethan’s like ok !! and he comes and it turns out his dad’s been out of jail for like six months and has already amounted a debt against him so he’s doing jobs for the savages again ? and is like lol wanna help ,, , and a 35 year old ethan still vying for his father’s acceptance is like ok .. . ig

⁃ so he delivers some drugs ( his dad comes up with some bs excuse like the ppl he’s meant to deliver to will recognize him n beat him up or something ) but apparently it was the savages set up to kill his pops 1) b/c he’s a general nuisance and 2) so he wouldn’t speak out against them regarding the home invasion as he’d been trying to get outside law help to prove his innocence even tho it never amounted to anything

⁃ so instead ethan gets brutally beat up instead and nearly killedt until the assassin or whoever is like .. . im p sure the target’s meant to be older ghjfkfgh ( this wouldn’t be like assassin incompetence they were prolly just told kill the guy who shows up with the drugs xoxo ) the ptsd is NOT thriving ... 

⁃ as soon as he’s out of the hospital ethan goes stupidly all high and mighty to the savages hq being like wtf is up kyle , and they’re basically like,  if u wanna protect ur dad u gon have to stick around in valdez and mr. deadbeat dad over this is putting on the puppy eyes like pls dont let me die lol and reluctantly he’s like aight fam i got u

⁃ SO NOW HIS DAD’S JUST LIKE A 60 YEAR OLD SOD deadbeating around valdez basically trapping him and which rly shows his father’s true colours ( also did he kno that ethan cld’ve gotten killed .. maybe so ) and yet the amount of reverence ethan still holds for him is .. Crackhead level

⁃ honestly it’s been ten years and doesn’t know if the threat still stands but valdez has kinda been ingrained in him at this point and although he wants to leave he can’t bring himself to , it’s also why he doesn’t switch to the cobras even though he has plenty reason to  - feeling like participation in the feud would only ensnare him more

CONNECTIONS

crack open a cold one : he loves beer okay .. let him crack open a cold one with the boys . that’s it , that’s the connection .

person who tried to assassinate him : he probably hates him ! still has nightmares about that night , so thanks for that ! wld be a rly cool connection to take up , and just wanna emphasize that whoever higher up probably just told the assassin to kill the person who showed up with the drugs so /technically/ it’s not their fault, but it is THEIR FAULT that they’re a frikken murderer ! all my charas a cowards , we been knew .

person who killed someone in the home invasion thingy resulting in his father going to jail : ethan probably hates this person too ! he has a lot of hate to go around .

hook-up : he’s 45 , not dead … though he’s not the biggest age gap stan , again , he’s a COWARD .

ex from before valdez : he probably lost contact with everyone when he came to valdez , sad , idk how this one would work honestly, but if they’re not from valdez hmu we can figure something out and hc !

ex in general : can healthy relationships exist in valdez ? exactly . someone who tries to convert him to cobra-hood omg : i mean he has a lot of reason to but just never bit the bullet idk !

therapy, bitch ! : come talk to him , let him counsel u uwu , need an unbiased ear ? he’s ur man !

FRANCES !

law clerk or crooked cop : this is kinda integral to her plot, basically the person who made sure she didn’t go to jail when she accidentally killed her father , i feel like frances would feel super indebted to them , but also hold the slightest bit of resentment towards them because she feels as though she deserves to go to jail .

college friend : if there are any students in this hizzy house , hmu ! someone she partied with in the brief time she was in college , and then also someone who introduced her to the clubs . can be the same person or someone else , but also someone she loves dancing with . also someone she can be a nerd with and like rent out a space or come to the club when it’s not open and learn dumb dance routines like the one from riverdale dhjfgf , I JUST REALLY WANT HER TO LEARN THE DANCE OK !

friend who comes over to dinner : listen her grandma worries abt her a lot ok and is always like do u even have friends lmao, so GIMME SOMEONE who comes over to dinner and says yes when gma offers a second serving and quells her grandma’s worries about frances .

BOBBY !

childhood friends : okay consider this, listen to sticks ’n’ stones by jamie t , and give me a friendship based on that ? basically kids who just got into a bunch of shit together ,  mostly this iconic lyric : and rushed back to your momma’s flat , it’s the only place but home i feel relaxed enough to crap , i know it sounds crude , but there’s something to that . since bobby was basically jesus of suburbia , it’d be cool if the friend was probably like had some connection to the trouble ja feel .

fellow movie buff : god this’d be so pretentious i hate it already, but gimme someone who also nuts over old film , and criticizes blockbusters or in opposition someone who argues for the validity of marvel movies shdfjdf - it’s jus a fun dynamic , movie night , CUDDLING , POPCORN ! getting blasted and watching requiem for a dream , then going on a bad trip because they got blasted and watched requiem for a dream fhgdf

drug dealer : a man likes his drugs , we been knew . pretty basic . but ! uk what would be cool , if the drug dealer was older / same age as him and it was the dealer who got him into the gang , uwu solidarity ! i figured they had like a brief romance , remained good friends idk , we could figure it out . but if not , just regular drug dealer . he’s like hit me with the good stuff , he’ll take anything he’s not picky , just an addict .

#valdez.intro #ur braver than the us marines if u got thru all this #onto replies !! i wanna plot b4 i do moodboards so i can include some connects on them uwu

[devilsbound-a]

*ﾟ· ˚  ✧ wolfie zaharov ⁞ ❛ devil in me.  /  introduction.

what’s up sluts ! admin fox here with yet another blog & yet another character .... if we’ve never met before, damn ya lucky ! but anyways lmao i’m fox, i’m twenty years old ( twenty-one next month woop woop ) and my pronouns are she/they but really whatever u wanna use is fine. this muse is kinda old but i’ve never played him in a group setting so i’m really excited to throw my garbage son into the world ! if you’d like to plot with wolfie, just give this post a ♡ or message me !

pro tip: add /mobile to the end of my url so it is easier to read !

⋆ ◦ ° ☾ matthew daddario + cis male + he/him — have you met wolfgang ‘wolfie’ zaharov? they are a twenty-eight year old known around town as the dirtbag. they currently work for the savages as a pimp, though they are also a preacher. they are a bisexual scorpio, which means they are amicable + hard-working, as well as selfish + untrustworthy. all black clothing. shaky tattoos. rosaries laying over chest hickeys. 

*ﾟ· ˚  ✧ wolfie zaharov ⁞ ❛ devil in me.  /  history.

wolfie is ajax anderson’s oldest kid ( that people know of lmao ), and he was raised by the man. his mother abandoned him with his dad when wolf was just two months old, being a drug-addict stripper that certainly wasn’t looking for the responsibility of raising a child; wolf has no memory of his mother, and the only information he has of her is the name on his birth certificate. 

ever since he was a teenager, ajax always raised wolfie to be his heir, to follow his father’s footsteps and to, one day, run the town’s local brothel. wolfgang was never interested in it, actually. for as long as he could remember, wolfie was always disgusted by his dad’s actions. he hated the life of crime, hated that his father was running a brothel, hated the gang running the town. 

wolfie’s version of teenage rebellion was to join the local church. he swore celibacy and to uphold God’s words when he was just seventeen, being one of the youngest preachers in town. wolf spent a couple of years traveling the world to spread the word of god after that, and the time away from his family and his town only made him realize the mistake he had made. 

deep down, wolfgang has always been amoral with a penchant for trouble. as he stood in front of a packed church reciting the bible, all wolfie wanted to do was hang out with the cute guy from the bakery next door and smoke some weed. he drowned his personal demons for years, denying his own pleasures because that was what he was taught to do. about five years ago, however, he simply couldn’t do it anymore. 

wolfie came back to valdez about eight years ago, and at one point he simply broke. he came back to his father with his tail between his legs, begging for a job and some comfort. it was balthazar’s idea that he kept his day job as the town’s preacher: despite his wrongdoings wolf is still a very religious man, and balthazar caito saw advantage in having some good blackmail material on the local church in case he ever needed it. 

*ﾟ· ˚  ✧ wolfie zaharov ⁞ ❛ devil in me.  /  personality.

wolf is... an ass. he does only what he wants to, either it be having sex with strangers, beating someone in a bar fight or nearly overdosing on a friday night. he has no impulse control, and doesn’t care how his actions may affect the people around him. 

despite his infidelity when it comes to romantic relationships, wolfgang is loyal to the core when it comes to everything else, which is why he didn’t leave the savages when his father did. wolfie started our with the savages, he intends on dying with ( and for ) them.

he can be pretty arrogant too--- wolfie knows he’s a hot mess, but he’d rather focus on the ‘hot’ than the ‘mess’. 

will probably hit on you. and your sister. and your dad. and your mom. 

he’s still a good shoulder to cry on, if you need. during his years as a preacher wolfgang became a pretty good therapist, and he still gives off advice to anyone who may come to him. ( he’s the definition of ‘do as i tell you not as i do’. )

*ﾟ· ˚  ✧ wolfie zaharov ⁞ ❛ devil in me.  /  appearances.

he’s 6′5, with a mess of dark curly hair he hardly ever brushes. 

always with a scruff bc he’s too lazy to shave everyday, though he never lets it turn into an actual beard. 

he has a bunch of tattoos, none of them very well done. most of his tattoos are black and white and can easily be considered doodles. usually only gets a tattoo when he’s plastered. 

wolf has a silver nose ring on the left nostril, but he doesn’t wear it too often anymore. 

dresses in mostly black or dark clothing; he’ll put on a leather pant whenever he’s trying to get fucked but usually he’s in slacks and a black button down. 

*ﾟ· ˚  ✧ wolfie zaharov ⁞ ❛ devil in me.  /  plots.

a best friend — more like a confidant, the one person that gets to see wolf with his guard down; probably one of the few people in town that doesn’t underestimate him.

a childhood friend — wolfie left town at eighteen, and he also left this person behind. maybe they had a lot of plans of moving away together, of escaping life in a small town and becoming somebody together in the big city; instead, frank walked away in the first chance he got and abandoned this muse without second thought.

an ex — they dated for around two years, maybe even lived together for a while ? either way it ended horribly because wolf just couldn’t keep it in his pants.

a friend with benefits — wlf doesn’t do exclusive relationships very well, but he’s great in the sex department; this character would know that well, since he is constantly hitting them up for some fun with no strings attaches. 

an enemy — maybe they had beef before wolfie moved away, maybe they just met. either way, thy are constantly butting heads, maybe even brawling a couple of times.

a hate-sex type of fling --- they hate each other for some reason, can never be in the same room without screaming at each other. that is, until they’ve had a couple of drinks and end up sleeping together as often as they fight.

a protective friend --- wolf definitely doesn’t have his shit together. maybe this person doesn’t either, but that doesn’t stop them from caring for wolfie like the mother he has never had. 

workers --- wolfie currently runs his father’s old brothel. maybe some of the escorts work for him ? we could always add more to this plot, maybe wolfie is also a regular client, maybe the escort hates his guts, maybe they feel protected by him.

a neighbor — maybe they get along, maybe they hate each other with the passion of a thousand suns. who knows ?

a roommate --- wolfie is probably the worst roommate ever; he’s constantly bringing strangers home at late hours, he drinks and do too many drugs in the living room, probably doesn’t know how to clean up after himself. he makes really good food and pays his part of the rent on time, though. 

a party friend — wolfie loves to go wild, and this person isn’t stopping him. in fact, quite the opposite, with the two constantly egging each other on.

a cuddle buddy — wolfgang is definitely a touchy person, and so is this muse. they are always pda’ing in public, though it’s very platonic for the both of them.

a partner in crime — wolfie is constantly up to no good. some nights it’s just sitting in a parking lot drinking his weight on vodka, some nights it’s nearly getting killed in a knife fight at the local bar. whatever it is, this person is always there to back him up.

a childhood best friend — this two were attached by the hip all throughout their childhood and teenage years. in the past couple of years they grew apart, and are now trying to light up that flame again; which creates several awkward hang out sessions and late nights of doing the weird stuff they used to do as kids.

#valdez.intro #*ﾟ· ˚ ✧ wolfie zaharov ⁞ ❛ devil in me. / about.

[gtfogerard]

 what is uuuuuuuppppp valdez tumblr rp im your hoooooost kiiiiilllllleeeeerrrr meeeeemeeeestaaaaaar leeeeeeet’s get rooooooiiiiiiight into the intro!!

wow that was possibly the most obnoxious intro i’ve ever done and i apologize tbh. but at least there was a cute gif?? so anyway hi! im jules (they/them pls & thx) and as u can tell i write a beautiful oscar isaac fc whose name is gerard! his bio is here (i basically wrote his life story so don’t feel like u have to read it all l m a o) but here’s the quick lo-down;

born in the guatemalan civil war

2 older brothers, 1 younger sister

militaristic parenting

bullied/borderline beaten by older brothers

pa was too busy fighting the government to be around

ma had to oversee the farm & sales, didn’t rly pay attention to the kids unless she needed some help

as a result grew up p bitter, quick to get angry at most ppl

except! his lil sister

rebelled hardcore

drank/smoke/broke both house rules & regular laws

would’ve even supported the gov in the war if they weren’t literally killing his neighbors

civil war ended when he was 16, decided to try and give his family another chance

brothers (21 & 19) still pushed him around and pa clearly favored them over him bc they were old enough to fight in the war w/him

decided to get mixed up in gang shit, but realized they were all gov supporters

instead of quitting, he tried to expose them in order to impress his family

didn’t work bc he was young and dumb

tried to just fuck everything up from the inside instead

that did work, but it wasn’t long before they discovered who was the cause

they killed his 1st born brother Juan, named after one of the major freedom fighters in the civil war, in retaliation

parents exiled him, shunned by other brother, lil sis was told she’d be kicked out too if she reached out

bummed around guatemala doing various odd jobs, usually illegal in nature

eventually scrounged enough money to forge his way into the US

hated the idea of being there bc they supported his government in the war, but he didn’t want to live in latin america anymore

drifted around some more until he landed in valdez, where he discovered the gang

wasnt rly interested in joining at first, but once he realized there weren’t any other options he gave in, demonstrated his driving skills, and was given his current position

all of his past bitterness and quickness to anger was gradually replaced by numbness, finding that he worked better when not distracted by emotions

driving style is rubber-peeling and full of sharp turns. passengers often complain of whiplash afterwards

has these tattoos

has a doggo named pozo

sooo yeah! that’s my boy. he keeps most ppl at armslength so tbh he wouldn’t have a lot of friends, but chances are the longer your chara has been around, the better they get along. im open to plot p much anything within ger’s capabilities so hmu! or just say hi c:

#valdez.intro #ooc

[waywcrdsons-blog]

⋆ ◦ ° ☾ chris wood + cis male + he/him — have you met ashley mills? they are a twenty eight year old known around town as the swindler. they’ve been in the gang life for three years, and currently work for the cobras as a thief. they are a bisexual aries, which means they are sweet + thoughtful, as well as forgetful + immature. scuffed converse, messy hair, stolen wallets.

Ashley Stevie Mills – goes by Ash, Smash, Dory (only to his best friends).

Born in April 1st 1980 on Long Island, New York to Matthew and Karen Mills. 

ABOUT.

Born four minutes after his twin brother, Ashley became the second born of five boys. During her pregnancy, his mother Karen was sure she was having a boy and a girl, and had their names already chosen. When Ashley came screaming into the world a boy, they decided to stick with the name they had already chosen. 

Ashley was always the mother hen of the Mills boys brood. He cared deeply for his siblings and his parents, having grown up in a loving household. However, this didn't dissuade him from his bad habits. He acted out at school, mostly through kleptomania. 

Growing up, his nickname was Sticky Fingers. As a child, his family joked about his habit of taking things that weren’t his. If something went missing, you could guess it was with Ashley. 

Things started to get a bit more serious, however, when there were phone calls from school saying he’d been taking things from other students. He would steal other kids pens, pencils, rulers, most of the time without even realising he had done it. It landed him in constant trouble with his school and his peers, and his parents grew tired of it. 

From there, his parents started to send him to therapy to sort out his unusual habit. For a while, it worked, and Ashley’s habit died down. When he was caught shoplifting, though, his parents had had enough. They didn’t fight when Ashey was taken to a juvenile detention centre for his behaviour, and when he was out, they wanted nothing more to do with him. 

With no one to police his habit, Ashley stole more and more, and with his habit bringing in money, he was able to support himself independently. Alone and adrift, he found it easy to slot into a life of crime after joining the ranks of the Cobras not long after he found himself in Valdez. It combined the two things he craved the most -- theft and a found family. Despite the lifestyle he finds himself is, Ashley remains a softhearted boy, with an aversion to violence.

PERSONALITY.

At first, Ashley can come off as annoying, especially when he takes peoples’ things, but he doesn’t do it in a malicious way. He’s hard-working and kind-hearted and would help someone in need if possible. 

He’s always there to offer advice, even if it’s not the best. If there’s one thing that Ashley is proud of, despite his parents’ disapproval, it’s his sticky fingers. He’s good at what he does and he knows it, which can sometimes come off as cocky, and has definitely learnt from his mistake of getting caught.

There is a bit of a sensitive side to Ashley that he lets out from time to time, but around the guys, he likes to try and be seen as one of them.

WANTED CONNECTIONS.

I’ve actually been writing Ashley for about 2 years now, but I’ve altered him to fit with Valdez so he’s a blank slate as far as connections go! And honestly, I’m open to everything and anything so truly, hit me up. 

#valdez.intro #* the swindler | ashley mills. #taylor swifts moms vc and i say that's my baby and i'm so proud

[winterdvst-blog]

⋆ ◦ ° ☾ introduction.

hello, friends ! admin fox here again with another character because i have literally no self control.... anyways if u wanna plot ( with either of my muses, really ) please like this post or message !

⋆ ◦ ° ☾ chris hemsworth + cis male + he/him — have you met frank carter? they are a thirty-five year old known around town as the reveler. they’ve been in the gang life for five years, and currently work for the gang as a bookkeeper. they are a bisexual scorpio, which means they are loyal + friendly, as well as careless + childish. open silk shirts, unruly hair, sculpted back muscles.

frank was born in valdez to a mother who was a solider and an assassin father, but he moved away when he was just eighteen to live in los angeles and try his hand at acting.

he’s been back in town for five years now--- his dad died about ten years ago, but his mother recently discovered she has stage four cervical cancer, so he moved back to take care of her and try to be the loving son he never was while he still can. 

remember that acting career i mentioned? yeah, didn’t go so well. frank had plans of becoming a big action star, but in the end after not getting any roles and nearly starving, he ended up in porn. 

porn was very profitable to him, and he made a shitload of money from it in the twelve years that he was in the business. he’s still rich as fuck, though he definitely makes a tenth of what he used to. 

he’s like.... super smart ? at least when it comes to numbers. boy can do math like no one else and he probably should’ve been a physicist or something instead of going for the arts. 

100% sugar daddy, has so much money from his pornos he doesn’t even know how to spend it.... so sex and booze and designer clothes it is. 

big headed idiot, probably thinks he’s the hottest man to ever walk the earth. 

doesn’t take anything seriously ? life’s a damn party and he’s here for it.

big dick energy lbr

⋆ ◦ ° ☾ wanted plots.

a best friend --- more like a confidant, the one person that gets to see frank with his guard down; probably one of the few people in town that doesn’t underestimate him. 

a childhood friend --- frank left town at eighteen, and he also left this person behind. maybe they had a lot of plans of moving away together, of escaping life in a small town and becoming somebody together in the big city; instead, frank walked away in the first chance he got and abandoned this muse without second thought.

a confidant --- this character is a medic, or works at a doctor outside of the gang ! but basically, this muse would be frank’s mother’s doctor; in the five years since they discovered her cancer, this person also became frank’s personal rock, the only one he trusts to take care of his mother and, as a result, the only person he trusts with his personal issues. 

a groupie --- someone who has seen frank’s movies, and admires his work maybe a little bit too much; frank probably thinks it’s endearing, even if it creeps him out a little that this character might have a collection of his own porn stashed somewhere. might treat them like a little pet, might toy around with their emotions a little bit, we can plot more !

a sugar baby --- again, frank loves spending money. he, above all, loves spending money on pretty things. five star hotels, designer clothes, jewelry, whatever; he’ll give this character anything they ask for as long as he’s getting something in return. 

an ex --- they dated for around two years after frank came back into town, maybe even lived together for a while ? either way it ended horribly because frank was just so miserable that he had to move back to valdez and he was definitely a little bitch baby about it. 

a friend with benefits --- frank doesn’t do exclusive relationships very well, but he’s great in the sex department; this character would know that well, since frank is constantly hitting them up for some fun with no strings attaches. 

an enemy --- maybe they had beef before frank moved away, maybe they just met. either way, frank and this muse are constantly butting heads, maybe even brawling a couple of times.

#valdez.intro #⋆ ◦ ° ☾ × the reveler // about. ×

[dsquiets]

INTRODUCTION     POST     :     / /     DEIRDRE SHAH & ( savages , stripper , twenty four ) & JANE HOLLOWAY ( cobras , medic , twenty three . )

hello     kings     hope    ur    getting    that    bread  .     i’m     late     doing     this      , ,, ,,,      sorry     jsndsjd  .      hennyways  ,     i’m    bella  .     twenty ,     cis     fem  ,     she  +  her  .    i     have     discord     so     if     u     hit     like     i’ll     msg    to    plot    there     or     in    IMs  .

DEIRDRE     SHAH  .

deir’s     . . .     soft  .     apartment     covered     in     plants  ,     vintage     car  ,     has     a     dumb     ass     dog     named     macaulay     culkin  .     grew     up     pretty     nice     with     nice     hippie     parents  .     will    cry     if     yelled     at  . 

sort     of     fell     into     stripping     at      19     through     a     friend     &     since     it     brings     in     cash  ,     hasn’t     rly     moved      away     from      it  .     started     working     for     the     savages     but     isn’t     . . .      that     aware     of     the     whole     GANG     sides     of     it     ,, , , ,     she’s    Oblivious     on     main  .

she’s     taking     day     classes     for     horticulture     bc     PLANTS     !!

JANE     HOLLOWAY  .

to  summarise  rl  quicc   ,   jane’s  parents  were  pretty  much  jus  rly  bad  room  mates   .  very  little  parenting   ,   lots  of  drug  taking   .   over  the  last  five  yrs  they  were  around  less  &  less . but  between  after  school  jobs  +  now  being  a  nurse  /  medic   ,  jane’s  been  able  to  make  it  work  for  herself  .

since  she  grew  up  a  bit  of  a  street  kid ,  she’s  always  been  soff  on  them   .   But   !   being   three  months  pregnant  ,  jane  is  trying  so  Hard  to  set  an  example  better  than  her  parents  . as  u  can  guess  with  renting ,  paying  bills  , working ,  helping  out  the  cobras  ,   jane’s  got NO  TIME  for  NONSE SNE  SO  DON’T  MF  TRY  HER  OK  !  she’s   GROUCHY

but  also  she  loves  Clowning  don’t  look  @  her

#tw drugs #jus a mention ?? #valdez.intro #: ) hootie hoo #u already kno none of this is Coherent

[ellcenor-blog]

⋆ ◦ ° ☾ madelaine petsch + cisfemale + she/her — have you met eleanor ‘elle’ fawn? they are a twenty four old known around town as the tempest. they’ve been in the gang life for 6 years, and currently work for the savages as a drug dealer. they are a homosexual leo, which means they are confident + loyal, as well as brazen + possessive. money bands, pastel pink knives, pleated skirts. × raven. twenty one. she/her. pst. ×

hi lovelies! my name is raven. wuddup. this is elle, fawn, elly, eleanor, she has lots of names, she will love whatever you call her. im just recovering from a sickness so i apologize for my slow start to things. if you would like to plot or chat pls let me know and i can give you my discord ❀

meet eleanor fawn, birthed to a mother who had no clue what she was doing and was way too young to take care of a baby. eleanor was raised by her grandparents in l.a. under the impression that her birth mother was her sister despite her never being present

life was pretty swell for her, despite her inability to retain friends. after a two minute conversation with her you will understand why. tangents and unrelated topics are her forte. elle has always been a little bit awkward.

her grandparents died when she was 18, and along with them their chance to tell elle the truth about her lineage. 

clearing out the house, elle found her birth certificate inside of a dusty box in the attic and was shocked to say the least. distraught and enraged, elle denounced her family and moved as far away as she could afford with pocket change, valdez, colorado 

no job, no money, no family or friends, lead her to be scouted by the savages as a drug dealer. 

not your average burner phone, back-alley dealer! elle takes pride in only dealing with the good stuff. pastel pills in cute shapes, handing out free samples to potential clientele and bringing in a big payday to her bosses. her purpose was located in making a name for herself as a reliable and ‘honorable’ dealer for the savages.

now she spends her time spending money, sampling her own product and partying. her full-time job is dealing. anything you need, from weed to the hard stuff.

elle is big into fashion and has a thing for collecting custom made weaponry. 

#valdez.intro #HI GUYS #sorry i mso overhwlemed theres so many people here AAAH #im really excited

[eastcns-blog]

i swear, i’d be late to my own funeral if i wasn’t already dead inside lksdjfsdf. anyway, sup fam, look at me, rolling in late as unprepared for opening as ever. i’m m or madd, i’m one keyboard smash away from hitting the guinness world record and i’m definitely the laziest bitch this side of the mississippi but at the same time, i will also go to some pretty extreme lengths just to pet a dog. it’s all about the balance. i’m going to rattle off some quick facts about your local turd sandwich under the cut and all you gotta do is hit that little heart down there and i’ll come to you for plots sometime before the next century!

⋆ ◦ ° ☾ dominic sherwood + cismale + he/him — have you met easton kincaid? they are a twenty-eight year old known around town as the abyss. they’ve been in the gang life for four years, and currently work for the gang as an assassin. they are a bisexual gemini, which means they are phlegmatic + proficient, as well as cunning + unscrupulous. split lips, nicotine dreams, and a gun in the glovebox.

alright so he’s only been in the gang for four years but he’s been in the whole murder business for quite a bit longer. he comes from a family of mercenaries and they don’t really have a limit to what they’ll do. got a maid who maybe saw a little too much? someone in witness protection who needs to actually disappear? no problem. they got you.

he’s got some hella trust issues all thanks to daddy dearest. he used to do this thing where he’d make easton jump off of a cabinet or something and he’d catch him a bunch of times, all fun and games right? until the last jump when he’d just let him drop and tell him that he needed to learn he could only trust himself.

the other lessons his dad taught him involved things more of the actual murder variety and perhaps easton likes it a little more than is socially acceptable.

he was kind of the face of the organization for a quick minute, the one who was at least congenial enough to meet with people and make arrangements. but eventually ya boi got a little sick of trying to live up to his family’s impossible standards and struck out on his own and now y’all are stuck with him. pls forgive me.

probably should have classified him as pansexual bc tbh he hates everyone equally. like he’s capable enough of being social but for real, he’s a grumpy piece of trash. lowkey a little bit of a fuckboy. very acerbic. would, and probably has thrown his own mother under the bus.

ngl this is short and shitty and i’m sorry but i was supposed to leave for a concert like 15 min ago and i look like the actual living dead. i’m going to pretend like that’s why i don’t have a connections list up! but i love anything and everything involving angst.

anyway hmu fam i’ll be mobile all night and i should be back on once i get home.

oh! if you’re so inclined i have a pinterest for him here and a playlist here bc i swear i actually know him as a muse i’m just an actual disaster. sunday is the new monday.

#「 ✧ °•.。ain’t no rest for the wicked ┊ooc 」 #valdez.intro

[kingferoz]

whaddup im case and this is zion. hmu or like this if you wanna plot

⋆ ◦ ° ☾ zayn + cis male + he/him — have you met zion feroz? they are twenty two old known around town as the connard. they currently work for the savages as a drug dealer, though they are also a musician. they are a heterosexual scorpio, which means they are calm + hardworking, as well as blunt + brutally honest. headphones, weed, backwoods. × case. nineteen. he/him. pst. ×

MUSE || MUSIC

bio:

- He’s from Oakland, California. He grew up pretty poor and vowed to himself/mom that he’d get them out of the hood. He’d do anything to put his mom in a better place. Zion soon realized he could sing and rap, thats how he made the majority of his money and moved his mom out to Berkeley. He also messed around heavily in gangs while he lived in california. 

- Z spent his most of his years at Berkeley High, he loved the bay and everything it had to offer but when his dad threatened him to move closer to him, he couldn’t decline because it would effect his mom and his daughter. 

- Zion has a daughter named Noah Gray, she’s four years old. The interesting thing about Noah is that she’s not biologically related to Zion. The age of 18 the boy went to a party and had drunken sex with a girl he knew. 9 months later Noah popped out. 3 months after that the girl confessed it wasn’t his. Zion had to make the decision would he keep the little girl in his life or give her back to her dead beat parents. He took a risk that would change his whole life, he kept the little girl and when he turned 18, he filed for the adoption/legal guardian papers.

- His dad only wants him be with him because hes starting to make something for himself. Before he was signed to a label, his dad didnt give two fucks about him. It took him 21 years for him to start caring for his son, which resulted in Zion holding a huge grudge against him. He also moved to there to prove to his father that he doesnt need him.

He only moved to Colorado because his dad made him and he hates it here.

Personality:

Zions pretty chill as long as your chill with him which means if youre a dick to him he’ll do the same shit to you too. If you see him walking down the street he may not seem happy but he is once someone brings up his daughter. He acts hard because he needs to cover up the shit because hes in a gang, you cant act all soft around tough people.

#valdez.intro #zion

[vlad-ofvaldez-blog]

okay yes so in classic phoebe form I obviously was way too excited to start interacting with people I started reblogging starters before I made an intro post ------- whatever !!! here it is / it’s rubbish / but even so, you should like it n I’ll message you for plotting

⋆ ◦ ° ☾ tom hardy + male + him/he— have you met vladimir ivanov? they are a thirty-six year old known around town as the despondent. they’ve been in the gang life for seven years, and currently work for the gang as a solider. they are a heterosexual taurus, which means they are loyal + trustworthy, as well as stubborn + blunt. bloodied knuckles. guns tucked into waistbands. ancient runes. × phoebe. twenty. She/her. GMT+10. ×

now i love living in Australia! I do, I rlly do, but I think ya’ll are aware, being an aussie rper in a group IS HARD WORK ! everyone is asleep when I’m online ! anyway, that’s why I’d like to get plots and threads happening so ya’ll can deal with my  R E L E N T L E S S  schedule.

so anyway, here’s gossip abt vlad:

-          he was born n raised in Russia ( which is where he got his INCREDIBLE drinking ability ) ( u could often find vlad drinking vodka with his father in the early hours of the morning at age 9 )

-          he was born a criminal, his father was part of an infamous drug ring in russia where he would disappear for days and weeks and leave in the middle of the night for jobs ( n a lot of the time, vlad would follow him ) so ya boy was exposed to the darkness of crime v e R Y early

-          his father was pretty bad on the drugs, you know, with dealing them and everything, there wasn’t many times where you would find his father sober – and it messed with vlad, the only normal person in his family was his mother, and she wasn’t rlly even that normal

-          FAST FORWARD

-          Vlad moved to America when he was twenty six because he (spoiler alert) killed his father LOL which is rlly actually sad because he loved his father but blamed him for the death of his mother ( which is accurate ) so basically vlad became an adult orphan and RELOCATED !!!

-          he was twenty nine when he found caito and the gang and was quickly integrated into their mischief, he started as a soldier and has been one ever since

-          he got Valerie Garcia pregnant about four years ago but didn’t know she kept the baby and LOOK !! SHE’S BACK !! WITH YOUR KID !! N UR FUCKED MATE !!

-          basically yeah so that’s it tbh I can’t be bothered writing more maybe a bio will come later maybe it won’t who knows

#!!! intro post !!! #yeah this is ACTUAL rubbish so i apologise #but u get the general idea ok??? #valdez.intro

[ofbctrayals]

⋆ ◦ ° ☾ daniel sharman + cismale + he/him — have you met jason walker? they are a twenty nine year old known around town as the insurgent. they’ve been in the gang life for four years, and currently work for the gang as a soldier, as well as a military consultant. they are a hetereosexual aries, which means they are confident + daring, as well as short tempered + aggressive. a gun silencer in the glove box. carefully written capital letters. bullets scattered on a table 

welcome to my third pile of garbage, jason ! but don’t call him jason unless he says u can. u can call him walker. 

so, jason walker grew up with two parents that he loved a lot, but they weren’t ever together. still, he liked his family, and his parents’ respective partners. 

chaotic, rather poor upbringing. think mobile homes/trailer parks in the southside of chicago, houses falling apart, etc. 

he was always the insurgent, always a bit of a troublemaker. he felt like authority should be earned, not just handed, and if he didn’t respect his teacher or whoever, he would just sort of do whatever he wanted?

this included small time dealing, generally just being a bit of a troubled kid, getting into fights far too easily. he eventually channeled this into fighting at lower level matches in chicago to earn some extra money, and he was actually pretty good.  

his dad was in construction, his mom was a waitress. they each had a couple of kids with their own partners, and he always sort of felt like the odd one out in the family?? like since he wasnt part of either, completely. he kind of took advantage of the gaps in how much attention they could pay him (aka saying he was w his dad to his mom and vice versa but instead just going and doing whatever) 

had mediocre grades in school, and so when he graduated, coming from no money and parents w dead end jobs, he figured that his chance out would be the military. he had always wanted to be something more in theory, but as he graduated from high school, he realized he was just like what people said he would be as the parent of split parents, from the south side, and with a tongue in cheek attitude. 

the military also ended up being a good option bc when he was seventeen, his mother passed away. her kids w her then-bf were fine, but he himself was involved in criminal dealings, so he was locked up and they were adopted by his grandmother. since she was old and not well off and retired, he joined up so he could send his paychecks back to his grandmother and two younger half-siblings. 

always wanted more, though, not only for himself but for them. 

so jason joined up, and shipped off. he served three tours, one in iraq and two in aghanistan, before he decided to get out. for someone with such an independent and short tempered streak, he could only last in the military for so long. a combat veteran, and does not like to talk about it. 

he moved back to chicago but cost of living was too high and it was too many people for his post-military life, so he just sort of took off and moved to denver before eventually settling in valdez. 

he eventually got a job as a military contractor/consultant for the military base nearest to valdez (whichever it is idek) 

got back into fighting in valdez, and through connections there, was introduced and recruited into the gang. it was a natural fit: he was short tempered, aggressive, willing to take orders (well, like 50% of the time), and skilled with guns, hand to hand combat, military/law enforcement, etc. he’s been in for about four years, as a soldier alongside his fairly profitable job as a consultant; like always, he continues to send funds back to his family. 

personality: 

brave, confident, honest, dedicated

moody, quick/short tempered, impulsive, aggressive 

he likes risks, doesn’t like overly talkative people or people that sort of like... have a persona or schtick? like it’s hard to describe, but he’s v picky about the kind of people he likes. finds sort of babydoll or super sweet yet sultry personalities fake or irritating; finds the badass and take themselves too seriously type of personality similarly eyeroll inducing (omg sorry if ur character is like this my son is just blunt/honest and is like ugh.... cliche hes just)

generally sort of a flirt, but not that serious about it. if you’re just straight up and real, you’ll get along fine, but that doesn’t men you’re close friends-- he’s real selective about those. with constantly changing deployments, friends in and out of juvie as a kid, and his dad in and out of his life, he doesn’t attach super easily. 

sort of dry sarcasm? easygoing, until he gets set off bc of that short temper

always carrying, doesn’t really do drugs, but does drink a fair amount. 

uhh any and all wc tbh?? im bad at listing those off and ive rambled too much but here we are!

#god hes so fine #valdez.intro

[ofbvstards]

⋆ ◦ ° ☾ paul wesley + cismale + he/him — have you met Roman Kowalski? they are a thirty six year old known around town as the reticent. they’ve been in the gang life for eight years, and currently work for the gang as a arms dealer. they are a bisexual gemini, which means they are resilient + observant, as well as reticent + secretive. a trunk full of weapons, multiple passports with different names, worn leather boots. × kevin. twenty five. he/him. gmt. ×

it’s ya boy kevin, back at it again with another muse !! honestly i’m surprised i haven’t brought a paul wesley muse in sooner, but better late than never right? it’s past midnight so let me apologise in advance for this messy intro and its general sense of being all over the place.. i’ve had a hundred and one different ideas for roman in my head 

CHARACTER INFORMATION

roman was twelve years old when his parents were gunned down right in front of him, leaving him an orphan and a bastard !! rather than being given to church or state, roman headed for a part of the city that had been dubbed THE BARREL. it was a cold, damp and ugly corner of the city for children who had no where else to go ( or somebody to hide from ) 

roman spent six years of his life living on the streets in the barrel, where he did unspeakable things in order to survive — he was a sad, scrawny, polish little thing when he first arrived. easy pickings for anybody, and that’s exactly what he was for the first year; an easy target. other wayward children stole his supplies he had scavenged, ate his food while he slept and kicked him until he stayed down when he tried to get up. 

after that roman toughened himself up, he was going to die if he didn’t. he started breaking into what he thought was an abandoned boxing gym on the outskirts of the barrel, but he soon discovered it was owned by a local gang that was trafficking heroin, cocaine and other kind of narcotics through the gym ( turns out punching bags make a damn good hiding place for several kilos of cocaine ) 

the owner caught him one night, trying to steal his weapons && threatened to break his legs if he ever showed his face in his boxing gym again. roman laughed in the man’s face, he’d been stealing his product for months without him realising and only got caught now because he wanted to get caught. 

roman was clever, meticulous and observant. every plan of his was planned out to the last minute detail, the wind didn’t change direction unless he wanted it to. so, what made this prick think he had caught the bastard of the barrel red handed? he explained to the man that the real reason roman was here that night was because he wanted his list of suppliers ( not for the narcotics, but for the weapons he was importing too ) 

a born survivor && a self made business man at barely nineteen years old, roman wanted to expand his distribution && stock on a larger scale to more than just street rats like him who wanted a gun for protection or a knife for payback. in a city as corrupt as this one was, trafficking weapons was a lucrative business and he was sick and tired of sleeping on wooden crates in the pissing down rain.

after that roman spent almost ten years travelling the country, selling firearms, knives and even military grade weapons to the highest bidder until he drew the attention of another ‘business man’ from Valdez, Colorado who wanted to get his hands on some teflon-coated bullets ( also known as cop killing bullets ) and was willing to pay a hefty price. 

roman likes to think of himself as an independent contractor more than a full time member of the gang, he’s never been one for settling down in one place for too long ever since his parents had been killed !! If you keep moving forward, you can never build deep and meaningful relationships and get hurt again... 

until he met one of caito’s hitmen, with the most peculiar name; buzz ( @buzzbarton ) they eventually dated for almost a year and a half, they even went as far as to moving in with each other ( a milestone for roman tbh ) until roman’s fears and hang ups about what his love did to others got the best of him and he skipped out on him, he told himself he’d stayed in Valdez for too long anyway, it was time to set up shop somewhere new.

he’s recently returned to Valdez following the death of Caito, strictly for professional reasons only. with their leader dead, he’s unsure of where their partnership stands and that’s the story he’s sticking with so don’t bother pressing him for more information. his lips are sealed !!

PERSONALITY 

roman has always been more reserved and introverted than his peers, even before the death of his parents. that tragedy only closed him off more to the world, preferring to keep things close to his chest instead of out in the open.

he doesn’t have many friends, mostly a few acquaintances he’s made over the years through his job as an arms dealer. when speaking with other people, he’s a man of very few words — he says what he needs to say && doesn’t beat around the bush !!

he’s resilient and a born survivor, nothing can keep him down for too long && what doesn’t kill him better fucking run tbh. 

WANTED CONNECTIONS

honestly i have a bunch of wanted connections for roman, but it’s nearly three am and i’ve rambled on too long and need to go to bed because i have work again in the morning but i’ll update this part of his intro tomorrow after work. until then feel free to hit me up if you like my new son of a bitch and wanna plot etc 

#valdez.intro

[crookednatvre]

⋆ ◦ ° ☾ chloe bennet+ cisfemale + she/her — have you met clara munro? they are a twenty six year old known around town as the deadpan snarker. they’ve been in the gang life for three years, and currently work for the cobras as a thief. they are a bisexual gemini, which means they are strategic + adaptable, as well as cunning + uncouth. ripped jeans, muddy boots, split lips.

under the cut you guys can find clara’s new story.. her surname isn’t the only thing i’ve changed about her btw !! i’ve completely retconned her entire backstory, so she has never been a member of the savages. cobra blood has always pumped through this girls veins !! 

BACKGROUND 

Clara spent most of her childhood in her father’s office, playing games such as pretending to be the CEO of a million dollar company and ordering his escorts around like she was the queen bee and they were her servants — most of the girls humoured her as she was simply a bored, harmless eight year old who had no siblings to entertain herself with. Most of the girls took sympathy on her, while others kept their distance and turned their nose up at the presence of a child at a brothel.

It wasn’t an ideal situation by any means, but trust worthy babysitters didn’t come by very often in Valdez and her mother had been killed in a mugging gone wrong ( or at least that was what the police reports said, but their was reason to believe they had been fudged )

Her father did his best to protect his daughters innocence, not wanting hers to be tainted from an early age just like his had been. But with a habit for being too curious for her own good, it was only a certain amount of time before Clara decided to sneak out of her father’s office in search of some other form of company other than her powerpuff girl dolls.

She had been told constantly by her father not to open the office door to anybody else but himself, so the first time she left his office in the middle of the afternoon while he was attending to business she crawled through an air duct she was just able to squeeze through — she wasn’t technically breaking any rules, she didn’t leave the office without his permission or open the door for anybody else.

Clara would spend hours in the air ducts, crawling through the building and spying on the women who worked for his father — some of them danced for men in expensive suits, others undressed themselves ( clara would scurry along when ever she came across those girls rooms )

Neither her father or his escorts were none the wiser of her escapades, she always returned to his office just moments before he would come to collect her to take her home, oblivious to the fact she was exposing herself to the world he tried his hardest to keep from her.

When Clara was fifteen years old, she witnissed one of the escorts being physically assaulted by one of her clients— she was in one of the air ducts at the time, holding her breath for what felt like a lifetime until the girl screamed at the man until he left. She followed him through the air ducts, dropping down into the alley beside the brothel and bumped into him as he fixed his shirt and adjusted his tie. It only took a simple collision, neither of them looking where they were going for Clara to scoop his wallet from his pocket. She slipped what money he had in his wallet under the door of the escort he assaulted, with a note that read: He’s a douche bag, but now he’s a douche bag missing $400. Shhh!!

This became somewhat of a habit for Clara, watching the escorts from the shadows like a wraith and pick-pocketing the ones who would put their hands on them and sliding her scores under their doors like a thieving fairy godmother.

When she was just shy of her nineteenth birthday, Clara overheard her father arguing with another man about poaching his girls and stealing his income. Instead of asking her father who the man was or what he was talking about ( she was more than aware of who her father really was now ) she followed him home, cased the joint and broke in when she knew he wouldn’t be home.

When she returned home that night, she emptied a paper bag in front of her father, thousands of dollars spilling across the kitchen table and told him that should more than cover what he lost to the man who had dared to step on his turf.

From then on out they agreed to have no more secrets, only complete and utter transparency between the pair of them. So, when her father was considering joining the cobras, he shared this with his daughter who told him she would go with him if he wanted to defect. Clara was never officially recruited into Balthazar Caito’s crew, so it was easy for her to follow her father into the snake pit.

WANTED PLOTS

NO WOMAN SHOULD EVER SUFFER AT THE HANDS OF MEN

gimme a plot where clara has helped/helps one of the escorts out of a bad situation with one of their clients — this could be something where clara’s witnessed their client get physical with them and she either threatens/pick-pockets them like she’s done in the past for the girls ( i’m open to this being something that’s already happened and has turned into a friendship or something we could write in a thread and develop the friendship from there ) i’m also open to this being plotted between clara and other female characters affiliated with the gangs, it doesn’t necessarily have to be an escort but bonus points if it’s between clara && a savage !!

WHAT’S THE MATTER? WAS MY FORM OFF?

i really want somebody to teach clara how to fight tbh. she’s been with the cobras for three years so whoever it is that’s teaching her how to throw a punch and defend herself could have started teaching sometime in the last three years or more recently. i’m leaving this one open for discussion because i haven’t really got a set direction i want this to go in???

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

clara is the daughter of ajax anderson 

she believes harlow procter is her cousin, but in fact she’s her sister !!

shares an apartment with ashley mills && nikki redford after they all joined the cobras around the same time as each other

raspberry ripple ice cream is her favourite flavour, if you eat hers she won’t be held responsible for any action taken against you 

#valdez.intro #i'll keep updating the wanted plots as clara / the group plot develops

[hickvysandtears]

⋆ ◦ ° ☾ ryan guzman + cismale + he/him — have you met tomas ‘tommy’ lopez? they are a twenty-nine year old known around town as the mama’s boy. they’ve been in the gang life for five years, and currently work for the gang as a part time escort. they are a bisexual scorpio, which means they are family-orientated + empathetic, as well as secretive + defensive. aching muscles, sleepless nights, the world on his shoulders. × ivy. twenty-one. she/her. gmt. × 

     baby no.4- self control ? idk her (also i now have the mambo number 5 stuck in my head)

so tommy was raised by a kickass single mom called sofia. his father died over seas while his mother was pregnant and she was left to face it all alone. but sofia lopez was made of steal and fire- but also so much love and passion.

tommy’s childhood- while not lavish, all his clothes coming from the older neighbour next door and he didn’t have any of the latest toys- he still had his mother who put a roof over his head and food on the table.

he loved education, specifically the arts. he loved to draw and dance but that wasn’t going to pay the bills. so tommy focused on subjects that would get him the best job he needed but- there was no passion to it. his mother noticed this and quickly changed that- no son of hers was going to let his dreams die like that.

his mother eventually fell in love again, tommy wasn’t too happy about it but he knew his mother deserved to find love. at age nineteen tommy would end up with a baby sister- beau.   with support from his new family and plenty of years spent saving- at age twenty-four tommy lopez opened his own dance studio.

but just as things were looking up - his mother collapsed during the opening. she had hidden her symptoms from everyone and no one knew she had als.

her mother’s boyfriend ditched, knowing their was no cure and not wanting to deal with it. that left tommy to look after his mother, his sister, a house, an apartment, a dance studio- suddenly he went from soaring to hitting rock bottom.

tommy sold his apartment to pay for the first round of medical bills and rented out his dance studio space for other’s to use. he got a job at a local convenience store but nowhere else would hire a guy who’s grades weren’t great and only had his failing studio on his c.v.

it became obvious as his mother’s health deteriorated that he couldn’t keep up with the bills. so he went out looking for any work he could get his hands on- and that happened to be... an escort job.

tommy is no shy virgin, he has slept around, experimented and he was told he didn’t have to sleep with clients if he didn’t want to either. some just enjoyed having something pretty on their arm for the night. it paid well and so tommy stuck to it part time.

he hasn’t told his mother how he can afford the home nurse. he won’t tell them about how for the last five years he has been involved with a gang. he wants to keep them safe. if he gets hurt that’s fine- but his mother and sister are his world and he’d die before letting the gang near them. that’s why the nurse he chose has no affiliation with them and he makes sure to never take on a client that is linked to either family member.

tommy puts himself at the bottom of the list of those he cares about. everyone else comes first. he’s a self-sacrificing idiot. 

he’s a tease, not afraid to make people work for it when he feels like it. he’s also a soft boi he just wants to take care of everyone. but if you come at him he ain’t afraid to throw punches.

connection ideas:

other escorts: escorts he’s close friends with, someone who showed him the ropes, maybe he took a customer from one and now they hate him etc.

repeat customer: when tommy first started this customer would see him once a month- then it became once a week- and now five years later he’s over at this customer’s apartment at least three times a week. there’s something more than just the physical between the two but tommy doesn’t want to get deeper into the gang than he already has because of his family- and this customer- if it got out he had feelings for an escort it would ruin his reputation... and yet the two keep coming back to each other. (he’d have to be older than tommy by a couple years and i’ll probs send this into the main as a wc)

the ex: tommy basically dropped this relationship as soon as he found out his mother was sick. he shut them out- his family needed him and nothing else mattered at that time. we can discuss if they were hecka serious or nah.

dancers he taught before he had to rent out his studio to someone else.

my brain is dead and won’t come up with any more lsjkfvjesrg

also my lazy ass hasn’t made enough gif icons yet so while i try to find the motivation imma be using medium gifs *finger guns*

#valdez.intro #illness tw #there is probs typos in this #but like #u should expect this from me by now