『 anne hathaway. thirty-eight. cis woman. she/her. 』 oh heavens, is that ANASTASIA BLACKWOOD from MAIN STREET i see roaming around mapleview? minnie may’s always calling them -INSECURE & -SHELTERED. i happen to think they’re not that bad! they’re a pretty cool ART TEACHER AT MAPLEVIEW ELEMENTARY and every time i’ve seen them, they’ve always been +LOVING & + EMPATHIC. i hope i see them around again!』
🌼 Anastasia is the firstborn of the three Blackwood children. From the moment she was born, her parents had her life planned out for her. While blessed to be born into a family of wealth, power, and respect, Anastasia was also cursed to live a life without much choice. Both of her parents were independently wealthy, her father also being one of the highest sought after lawyers that Chicago offered, but her mother remained a trophy housewife.
🌼 Throughout her childhood, Anastasia was always being prepared to take on the Blackwood fortune. From classes to teach her obedience, manners, and how to act like a proper woman, all the way to her mother cutting images out of magazines of what the ‘ideal’ woman was supposed to look like, Anastasia endured a lot of constant pressure to act and look a certain way.
🌼 When her siblings were born, Anastasia felt the pressure to uphold the Blackwood name even more. If she was caught playing with her siblings, instead of teaching, she would get the wrath of both parents. If she ate more than what was on her plate, she was denied further food until she apologized to her mother. If she laughed when there were no jokes being told, her father punished her by isolating her for twenty four hours in hopes that she would be the examples her siblings needed to learn from. This particularlyy got worse when the youngest Blackwood was born (the more rebellious one) because there wasn’t anything Anastasia wouldn’t endure so long as her siblings didn’t have to.
🌼 Anastasia was set up to marry her father’s best friend, son. A marriage merely put together to keep the strong name both families owned and the money going. There was never an ounce of love from her end whenever the two were on dates, let alone when they shared a kiss. She wanted nothing more than to detach further from her reality, the more she was forced to spend time with her intended husband.
🌼 Art was something to come into her life at a very young age, always attending high held art galleries and visiting the museums of the world. It was also one of the rare things in her life that she did not hate but loved. Countless hours were spent at the museums with either herself or her siblings because those were also the rare moments her parents didn’t try and control. They encouraged her visits in hopes that she was educating herself on quality taste, when, in reality, Anastasia was falling more for a forbidden passion.
🌼 The day before her wedding, Anastasia did the unthinkable; she went against her parent's wishes. Unable to go into a loveless marriage, she packed what little she genuinely call hers and left the comfort of her home in the middle of the night. For a week, she lived in fear that her parents would find her, but she also lived in the guilt of what her siblings must be facing due to her actions. Her biggest regret was leaving behind her youngest sibling, having been the closest with them the most.
🌼 It wasn’t until she found Mapleview at the age of thirty-one, settled into her cozy home, and was well established with her job that she finally contacted her family again. It went as expected, fully terrible, but at least she was able to get updates on her siblings. Despite the cruel words her parents threw her way, Anastasia refused to leave Mapleview. To this day, she fully believes Mapleview saved her life.
🌼 Having spent a couple of years in Mapleview, she never thought about dating. She was content living in her home with her two dogs, until the day Jacob Horowitz came into her life. Even if the man wasn’t trying, he captured her heart with his playful personality. Every joke he threw out, she found funny, including the ones that were a little cheesey. He brought giggles, crinkles to the corners of her eyes from so much smiling, and a happiness she couldn’t have ever imagined existed in the world. The day he asked her on a date was the happiest day of her life thus far.
🌼 While they have only ever gone on one date, Anastasia blamed herself for him never requesting another. She figured she was just not attractive enough, funny enough, or entertaining enough, and she understood why he wouldn’t want to be around her. Once a failure to the Blackwood name would always be a failure, so her father would say. She holds no ill will towards the loveable goofball, only good feelings, but she secretly hopes to one day get a chance to show him that she can be better.