At 19 you broke onto the scene after your debut role in a low-budget independent movie became a film festival favourite across the globe. Sky-rocketing you into the public eye and opening doors into the industry most could only dream of, you decided to grab the opportunity, moving your whole life across the pond to America, determined to follow this path wherever it would lead.
Now, at 24, it seems like you can do no wrong. A popular and well liked household name, with a string of acclaimed performances under your belt, you’ve quickly become one of your agency’s favourite stars. And, with your biggest role to date just within your grasp, it seems that your shine is only going to continue to get brighter.
Behind the scenes, however, is another matter.
After a whirlwind romance, and an impulsive Vegas wedding, with Tinsel Town’s most notorious trouble-maker, it took less than a year for you to walk in on them in bed with someone else. It’s been a month since the woman sold her story to the press and, since then, life has felt like one long damage control event as you try to figure out how to get through this with both of your careers intact.
Shouldn’t be too hard, right?
Features
Customise your name, gender, appearance, filmography and personality.
Explore 5 romance options, 2 of them gender selectable.
Navigate the press, your fans, your agency and your loved ones, while you try to keep your house of cards together.
Throw parties, attend an award ceremony or two, head to Vegas for the big fight, star in a movie, do interviews... the world is your proverbial oyster!
Please keep in mind that this is meant to be a **fun** project, a place to play around with coding and try to find out exactly how much variation is too much, all to better help me with my demo for my main project. This is going to be a perpetual WIP, the main thing I’ll be focusing on first is the character creator, and getting to know the characters a little better. Then, this story will be updated in chunks rather than chapters, hopefully with plenty of feedback from the people who choose to come along with me on this lol. Also this is 18+
So, for those of y’all choosing to stay....
Character Descriptions Under the Cut!
RO’s
Hope Holloway, 29 (m / f / nb)
- The Spouse -
With platinum blonde hair, pale skin, and a myriad of tattoos, they look every bit the celebrity wild child the general public knows them as. A lean 6′1, and infamous for their quick temper, they’re the charismatic frontman of the band Lost Hope, a gossip page favourite, and the person who broke your heart.
Will you be able to work through it? Or has your whirlwind romance finally reached its end?
American / Caucasian
Christian/Christina Russo, 35 (m/ f)
- The Co-Star -
5′10 with sun kissed skin, big brown eyes, and lightly tousled shoulder length hair, your two time co-star, and one of the biggest headliners in the industry, has taken the public shipping of the pair of you by fans with nothing but grace and good humour. A dedicated single parent, talented actor, and well-known hardworker, there’s plenty of reasons to admire them.
And, if the gossip pages are to be believed, you’ll soon be working together more closely than ever.
British / Italian
Samata Boateng, 26 (f)
- The Documentarian -
An athletic 5′2, with rich brown skin and braids that fall to her waist, she has already proven herself capable of hiding her more cutthroat tendencies behind a smokescreen of sweetness and smiles. Frequently the smartest person in the room, her determination knows no bounds and, unfortunately for you, you’re the person now standing between her and her next big break.
Will you manage to keep your act together? Or will this documentary prove to be your downfall?
American / Iranian / Ghanaian
Jamie Walsh, 28 (nb)
- The Stranger -
A complete unknown. Appears to work at least a dozen different service jobs that keep your paths crossing, sometimes in the strangest of places. 5′9 with perpetually unkempt hair and a penchant for black clothing, their world could not be any more different than your own, a fact made only all the more obvious by the fact that they seem to have no idea who you are.
Will you set them straight? Or will you play along and indulge in the charade of normalcy for just a little longer?
American / Irish
Anjelo Manu, 25 (m)
- The Bodyguard -
Hired by your Agency in response to some of the more concerning fanmail that’s been sent your way since the story broke. Despite his relatively young age, standing at 6′4, and nearly 300lbs of pure muscle, this mountain of a man came highly recommended and is known professionally for being quiet, polite and unerringly dedicated to his job.
He may be your employee, but with his kind eyes and surprisingly gentle nature, will you find there’s more to this man than meets the eye?
Tongan / Japanese
Side Characters
Harriett ‘Harry’ Langford, 24 (f)
- Your PA -
You’ve known Harry your whole life, your best friend through thick and thin, when you made it into the big leagues it only made sense that she would come with you. A constant lifesaver and your proverbial rock during the low times, you don’t know what you’d do without her by your side through this.
Molly Russo, 5 (f)
Adorable and charming, truly a miniature version of her famous parent, she lives her life the way only a five-year old can, believing she is the centre of the universe. For better or worse, and whether you like it or not, she seems to have taken a shine to you in particular.
Mack and Cheese, 6 and 2 (m)
Hope’s not-so faithful hounds. Both Rottweilers, Mack is calm, gentle, and a trained guard dog, while Cheese is... none of those things. Truly the idiot child of the family but no-one would have him any other way. Except, possibly, Mack.
If you're ok with another similar clothing ask, how would the ROs dress for something like the Oscars (as MC's date)? Would they go for something more traditional/classic or pushing the boundaries?
Ok so it took a little while I think I got it
Hope pre-MC would wear something that would upset the stiff upper lip types that hold the Oscars up as something sacred
But if they were MC's date they would prioritise coordinating their outfit to compliment MC's so that would vary too wildly for me to find satisfactory examples I'm afraid lol
Christian would wear a designer suit with an eye-catching twist or flair to make it more interesting
Christina would walk that line between classic beauty and almost too much skin on show
Samata would wear something ethereal that highlighted her arms/shoulders because she doesn't spend all that time working out just for fun
Jamie would just slay a good suit tbh lol
and Anjelo would wear a suit with a soft pattern/theme
VERY IMPORTANT!!! i hope we can choose to dress mc like they live in the barbie dreamhouse or something bc I live for """cupcakes and glitter""" next to hope's """punk and drunk""" look as my dad calls these aesthetics sdghjkafl and also just because pink and pastels are my fave colors
Yes, absolutely!
I have an ongoing list of things I want to add into the CC that includes a general description of the way your MC usually dresses and sparkly/glittery is definitely one of them lol.
I haven't 100% figured out how to implement the idea of a preferred colour palette, I could add it in as an option but I'm not sure where/how often it would actually be used? So even if I include it it might become a bit of a junk stat but that's not the worst thing tbh.
There'll also be a choice about how you decorated your house, and barbie dreamhouse is literally on the list, so I got you covered on that one at least ❤ lol
you literally didn't even mention the angry about cheating anons lol some people are so eager to attack you i don't understand it
I didn't mention them, no, lol. But I can't control what people feel... I dunno... attacked/offended by so there's no reason to worry about it, honestly! ❤
A reminder! You are making something beautiful- carving entire universes and crafting whole people and painting them all with both vividness and detail. Then you reduce your ideas to squiggles on a screen so that you can share them with us! This story ignites the imagination of so many people! But we support you first, and your story second. It’s a wonderful world-creating magic you possess. And this IF truly is a lovely gift. Thank you for sharing it with us. The world is lucky to have you.
What kind of looks would the ROs wear to the Met Gala (either attending in their own right or as MC's date for the non-celebs)? Would they play it safe or go all out for the theme?
Clothing posts.. my sweet sweet kryptonite ❤ lol
Ok soooo...
Hope goes all out, bigger, better, and exactly the opposite of whatever people would picture them in, regardless of gender
Chris commits to the bit, plays with gender expectations
Samata I'm torn about... Either makes a statement...
Or rocks up looking like she should be carrying a sword
Jamie channels Ezra in a good suit with a statement piece
And then Anjelo, poor, sweet, out of his depth Anjelo lol so far out of his wheelhouse he just wears a much nicer suit than normal, one that he's pretty sure he won't sweat through during the night lol
so i’ve never been cheated on but i have witnessed the aftermath of it from my parents' relationship. having listened to what both my parents have had to say about it and what family friends have had to say about it, it seems like their relationship was doomed from the start. they fought a lot, even before the cheating happened, and they broke up not long after i was born. however, i say all this to say that despite all the shit that has happened between them, believe it or not, they are each other's best friend.
even to this day, i don't understand the how or the why of it all but they truly have a bond like no other. their relationship is strictly platonic; i just don't think they were meant to love each other romantically (not for forever at least). but they understand each other better than anyone else and if one of them is in trouble, the other will help them, no questions asked. despite the fighting and everything else they've put each other through, their love for each other is so strong, it's crazy. of course, not everyone understands their relationship. some people will never understand it. like i said, i still don't fully understand it and when i was growing up, the fact that they were still so close actually made me mad.
this is turning into a very long tangent (my apologies) but i brought this up because the truth of the matter is, relationships are complicated. i am not at all excusing what hope did and mc has every right to be mad and lash out (bc that’s certainly what i would do) but at the end of the day, hope and mc still love each other and that’s what makes this whole thing so complicated. now whether their love for each other remains romantic is completely up to the player but the love is still there and in reality, it’s not easy to just drop all of it because of one bad thing that happened. mc of course doesn’t have to stay with hope but their relationship doesn’t need to end on bad terms either (and every emotion and ending is valid because we all handle and process things differently). we as the audience may not understand it (especially bc we don’t know hope like the mc does - i mean they are a fictional character) but that’s just life; everyone does things for reasons we will never understand. and not everything has to be black and white: it's possible to love someone who has done you wrong and to have conflicting feelings towards (and maybe even "hate") a loved one. mc and hope are still allowed to love each other after all of this, whether it be in a romantic way or a strictly platonic way.
(sorry this is so long haha. the topic of cheating kind of strikes a nerve for me because of my parents and after reading some of the responses from some very angry anons, i felt like sharing my thoughts. i mean, those anons are valid in feeling angry towards what hope did but that doesn't mean they should be allowed to attack other anons who want to forgive hope or you for trying to explain that the situation is complicated)
Petition for mc to stilfle their cries on the bed while hope is just looking at mc hopelessly torn between offering comfort or pretending they didnt hear them crying bcoz they probably are the reason why they're crying in the middle of the night. ☠️☠️
Oooh like maybe on that first night you have to share a room again while the documentary is filming? Switching to Hope's POV for that could be interesting....
have a jamie - arca I was totally ready to forgive hope immediately and go on my merry hopemancer way cuz y'know, tattoos pretty ☺☺, but you won me over with all those damn quotes 😭 got me all 🥺🥺 for this one! now i’m on the “what if i overshared to a stranger then cried my eyes out in public and you went, "sir this is a wendys” and we fell in love 😳😳" route, I’m sorry hope 😞
have a jamie - arca I was totally ready to forgive hope immediately and go on my merry hopemancer way cuz y'know, tattoos pretty ☺☺, but you won me over with all those damn quotes 😭 got me all 🥺🥺 for this one! now i'm on the "what if i overshared to a stranger then cried my eyes out in public and you went, "sir this is a wendys" and we fell in love 😳😳" route, I'm sorry hope 😞
