REBEL GIRL.

ziggy yan liu, twenty-four, mechanic.

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 jessie mei li  &  they/she /  non-binary  ‷  watch  out  ,  ziggy  yan  liu  has  crash-landed  into  roswell  !!  they  look  twenty-four  years  old  and  celebrate  their  birthday  on  may  13th.  they  are  from  singapore,  reside  in  greystone  complex  and  are  currently  working  as  mechanic  @  sanders’  autobody.  one  thing  you  should  know  about  them  is  they’ve  spent  more  nights  in  jail  for  vandalism  than  they  can  remember.  ‷

tw : bullying,  violence.

full  name.  ziggy  yan  liu parents.  shen  &  drew  liu siblings.  fletcher  liu  (  older  brother  ) age. twenty  four zodiac. taurus gender  &  pronouns. non-binary,  they  /  she sexual  orientation.  pansexual,  panromantic relationship  status.  single occupation.  mechanic  &  artist personality  traits.  creative,  reliable,  kindhearted,  self-sufficient. withdrawn,  reclusive,  impulsive,  skeptical. 

about  ziggy.

AS THE YOUNGEST OF TWO, and despite being raised exactly in the same way their older brother had been, Ziggy grew up to be vastly different from him. Instead of grasping at the idea of greatness pushed forward by their father, they felt pressured enough so that they took a complete opposite route. To lower Shen Liu’s expectations of them was better than to deal with the disappointment in case they would try and inevitably fail. That only caused them to grow insecure, deathly afraid of what would happen if they were to step out of their comfort zone, and so they settled. Which was even worse than failing, they supposed.

As a teenager, Ziggy became very reclusive, antisocial and often withdrawn. You’d have an easier time finding them under the bleachers with their headphones on sketching something than socializing with the rest of the students. Because they were quiet and often times considered the “weirdo”, they became the target of bullying. It never really fazed them, Ziggy couldn’t give less of a shit if people called them names or sometimes would write down rude things in the bathroom about them. It wasn’t until it became physical that they started pushing back — and given the history of the Liu family, they could hand their own pretty well. They would be sent to the principal’s office with someone’s hair still stuck in between their fingers and was even suspended once for trashing a fellow student’s car.

ZIGGY’S REBELLIOUS PHASE ( not that it was actively on purpose, anyways ) came to an end when they were nearly spelled from breaking someone’s nose and social services were contacted. Their parents then stepped in, threatening to send them away to a boarding school if they wouldn’t stop acting up. That threat riled up the fire inside of them but in spite of that, they calmed down long enough so that they could still graduate in Roswell.

Graduation rolled in and Ziggy had no actual plans for their future, unlike their much more ambitious older brother. That came as a huge disappointment for their parents but at that point in their life, they had learned how to not care. As independent as they were, they found their way around, getting a part-time job at the local auto shop so that they could move out of their parents’ residence but winding up doing it full-time as the years passed.

ZIGGY’S AN ARTIST AT HEART, though they don’t really take it too seriously other than selling a few of their pieces online when they’re in need of some extra cash to help with the bills. It’s more of a hobby, their passion that they think will get ruined if one day they decide to follow a career in the path. So they don’t. Would rather be in limbo, working as a mechanic until their life figures itself out. They still keep a distaste towards their parents but they do still try to reconnect, only to be met with questions about their future and judgments about how they’re simply not living to their fullest potential which makes Ziggy push them away almost immediately. They’re lucky enough that their relationship with their brother is better, healthier even, and it’s something they’re very thankful for — to know that despite their differences, the two can still lean into each other for support.

[destrcybcys]

vincewatt​.

     prone to taking himself a little too seriously, it isn’t surprising to have found vincent watts with an unlit cigarette tucked behind his ear as he tried to talk over someone else who had downed their own two pints of beer. they were discussing something in tones that teetered between brotherly banter and passive aggression heating up to plain old ‘n’ simple aggression. out his peripheral though, vince caught sight of someone stepping out the bar they were outside of, so he excused himself and practically skips over to them. “excuse me.” his wry smile made the words sound smooth and warm. “you wouldn’t happen to have a lighter, would you?” // OPEN - ( 0 / 3 ) @roswellstarters​

 IT  WAS  NEVER  A  RARE  OCCURANCE  to  find  ziggy  at  the  bar  after  a  hard  day’s  work,  especially  if  one  of  their  co-workers  was  buying.  they’re  still  smelling  like  the  autoshop,  hair  up  on  a  bun  with  their  third  bottle  of  beer  nearly  finished.  downing  the  remains  of  the  yellow  liquid,  they  excuse  themselves  from  the  conversation  for  a  quick  smoke  break.  cigarette  already  between  their  teeth,  they  turn  around  at  the  sound  of  the  person’s  voice.  they  chuckle,  “you’re  in  luck.”  slim  fingers  hand  over  the  lighter.  “but  don’t  you  get  outta  my  sight  with  my  lighter,  alright?  i’ve  lost  lord  knows  how  many  of  these  at  this  bar.”

[destrcybcys]

LOCATION: anywhere ! AVAILABILITY: closed, @nfldunn​

“WE  ARE  definitely  not  supposed  to  be  here.”

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LOCATION: ziggy’s  apartment. AVAILABILITY: closed,  @fletcherliu​

 THERE’S  A  KNOCK  AT  THE  DOOR  of  their  apartment  and  their  cat  is  quick  to  meow,  announcing  the  uninvited  visitor.  jet  black  hair  is  a  tangled  mess,  oversized  t-shirt  collects  stains  of  grease  and  paint,  but  they  still  make  no  effort  to  look  presentable  enough  for  whoever’s  on  the  other  side.  few  people  knew  to  show  up  unannounced  at  ziggy’s  place  so,  they  know  they’ve  seen  them  in  worse  shape.  “well,”  says  as  they  spot  their  older  brother  in  the  hall.  “did  i  miss  the  text  in  which  you  said  you  were  comin’  over  or  did  you  wanna  surprise  me?  ‘cause,  yeah,  definitely  caught  me  by  surprise.”  ziggy  motions  towards  their  clearly  unbothered  state,  not  really  planning  to  have  anyone  over  that  day.

[ailment-remade-deactivated20210]

haha stop annoying me you guys! *starts the chainsaw* looool

[dailyjessiemeili]

JESSIE MEI LI for The Laterals — 2021, ph. Alex Ingram

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JESSIE MEI LI for The Laterals