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Twenty-seven ( September 1st, 1994 | Virgo )
Owns and bakes at The Sweet Spot, an staple in Great Falls and her late grandmother’s pride and joy
Originally from Seattle, Washington. Marin spent nearly every summer with her sister’s at their Nani’s home in Great Falls, and she spent a few years as a teenager (after being essentially kicked out) here as well
She left Great Falls after graduating high school and went back to Seattle, until her Nani passed away and left The Sweet Spot, her home, and everything in between to Marin and Marin alone. That was about four years ago
She’s currently living downtown, and is roommates with Rebecca Cohen
Born and raised in Seattle, the oldest of three girls. Marin grew up in a pretty strict home with parents who had high expectations for their oldest daughter, though she never met any of them. Their relationship has been pretty strained from day one.
She’s a pretty classic tale of “never living up to her potential” because she got in with the “bad kids”. Marin had a pretty bad rep for fights, drugs, theft, and just generally being a shit head as a teenager. #Angst
She was suspended plenty of times, and went to juvie twice. Any intervention from her parents only made things worse, before they finally gave up and sent her to live with her Nani half way through her junior year. It was essentially a ‘clean up your act because we’re tired of trying to do it for you’ moment – And was the nail in the coffin for the last of Marin’s relationship with her parents
Spending a year and a half in Great Falls went just as one would expect: Horribly. Marin was still up to the same bullshit she’s always pulled, though now she’s living with her Nani who is infinitely more patient than Marin deserves.
She worked at the Sweet Spot after school and over the summer while living in Great Falls, where her grandma taught her the basics and helped inspire a love of baking. The two built a closer relationship during Marin’s time in Montana, proving to be one of the brighter spots of living in the middle of fucking nowhere.
Despite how close she was to her Nani, Marin ultimately decided to move back to Seattle after her graduation because she had no interest in living in a tiny Montana town
So she goes back to Seattle, gets up to her usual shit only now she’s a Legal Adult and works in the kitchen of a shitty restaurant to pay for her equally shitty apartment.
Fast forward four years and she’s got a few arrests under her belt, plenty of shitty exes, and is currently in a long term relationship with a man who’s engaged to someone else. She’s got no idea what she’s doing with her life, other than working dead end jobs and generally being messy.
All of that comes to an aggressive halt when she receives the news that her Nani has passed away, and in her will, she’s left The Sweet Spot and her entire estate to Marin. All of a sudden she’s a business owner and her life is all ??? because what the fuck, Nani.
Out of obligation (and plenty of guilt too, for not realizing just how sick her grandma was), Marin packs her shit up and moves to Great Falls. Though she doesn’t want to leave Seattle, it ends up being just what she needs: A chance to drop everything and start over. Nani believed in her, and clearly felt there was more to Marin than what others saw – The least she can do is honor the woman by trying.
Given the fact that Marin has no fucking clue how to run a business and isn’t nearly as skilled as her grandma, the first year running the Sweet Spot and being back in Great Falls is a fucking shit show to say the least. Eventually, she manages to gather her bearings (with plenty of help), and business starts to flourish again.
Now, Marin bakes full time at The Sweet Spot and is living a relatively Chill life. She’s keeping out of trouble and focusing on herself, even if she’s not sure what that looks like in the long term.
She’s basically an old lady these days, and likes to keep to her friend group but is still decently social – Especially since she (and her family) have history in town. Marin’s kind of an asshole but usually means well, and tries to keep out ~drama~ but loves to talk shit so she’s happy to hear the Hot Gossip.
Even though she’s not getting arrested and homewrecking much these days, she’ll still be the first one to start throwing hands if provoked unfortunately.
Some character inspo for Marin: Shauna Sadecki (Yellow Jackets), Bob Belcher (Bob’s Burgers), Donna Pinciotti (That 70s Show), and Fiona Gallagher (Shameless).
Marin’s mentor and the manager of the Sweet Spot. This would be the one who basically helped keep her from drowning with the business, and was a dear friend of her grandma. The closest thing Marin’s got to a motherly figure, tbh
Obviously, anyone else who works at the bakery too
Old friends from when she lived in Great Falls as a teenager, and when she’d visit over the summer as a kid
Marin’s a commitment-phobe, so she probably wouldn’t have any serious relationships in the last few years, but definitely plenty of hook ups and friends with benefits and what not
People from Seattle that she used to get into Shit with, included her ex she ditched when she moved to Montana
Her younger sisters!!! Marin isn’t particularly close to them now, and they definitely have a Complicated relationship
Friends, enemies, literally anything !!!
