jubilee and griffin !
INTRODUCING: BRIELLE JULIANNA SHEPHERD
❝ her LIGHT is as l o u d as as many ambulances that it takes to S A V E a savior ❞
NAME:
B R I E L L E : meaning ❝ of god ❞
J U L I A N N A : meaning ❝ young ❞
S H E P H E R D : meaning ❝ town watchkeeper ❞
GENDER:
cis-female
GENERAL APPEARANCE:
H A I R : naturally wavy ; usually curled ; blonde
E Y E S : light brown
H E I G H T : 5′3
S T Y L E : brielle loves wearing loud colors, but knows never to mix them up. she likes being easily spotted & has no trouble experimenting with patterns
PERSONALITY: ( MENTION OF DEPRESSION )
[ + N U R T U R I N G ] – something she learned from her mother at quite an early age. she watched as her mother tried her best to take care of her father and even attempted to take care of her paternal grandmother. she heard her soft / soothing voice when talking to them, especially her father. brielle learned that no matter how hard someone may seem on the outside, they were likely to respond to a bit of nurturing. plus, what was wrong with making people feel comfortable?
[ + A T T E N T I V E ] – especially when it comes to emotions. growing up with a grandmother who was clinically depressed and a father who had trouble expressing his emotions, she had to pick up on cues. she had to learn when it was a good time to ask her dad for something, and when it was not. she had to learn when her mother was lying about when her day went, because even though jubilee promised to always be honest, she didn’t want brielle to worry. being able to sense how someone is feeling even when they aren’t expressing it is a blessing according to brielle.
[ - G U L L I B L E ] – she is easier to fool than a child. she will believe things as soon as you say them, simply because she doesn’t take the time to think about things. she often forgets people do play jokes / pull pranks on others, and that makes her the easiest target. her father has always tried to get her away from this trait, but it sticks around.
[ - I M P A T I E N T ] – brielle is a bit spoiled by both her parents. not exactly always getting her what she wanted, but always getting things to her pretty quickly. if she wanted something and they could get it, she would receive it in the following days. they were always quick to take her places if she wanted. they were always really quick with giving her things. learning life wasn’t always like that was difficult, and she still whines about it to this day.
SPECIAL TALENTS:
D R A W I N G / P A I N T I N G : it came out of nowhere. it came from childhood doodles and imaginary friends, but somehow, brielle was incredible with a pencil and a sketchbook. although neither of them were all that artistic ( at least in that sense ), both griffin and jubilee encouraged it. to encourage her even further, jubilee had her make cover art for her songs, even if she did nothing with them. brielle loved the practice and was okay with whatever her mother wanted to do with her art.
WHO THEY LIKE BETTER:
uhhhh probably jubilee. while griffin is involved, jubilee is probably more involved than a parent should be. similar to her own mother, but she always tries her best not to smother like joy did. while it’s easier to confess things to griffin, he isn’t really one to help talk out problems with her– something jubilee wouldn’t hesitate to offer. brielle just feels closer and more connected with jubilee.
WHO THEY TAKE AFTER MORE:
easily jubilee. she is a bright young girl with lots of promise and determination, much like her mother and even grandmother. she does get into bad moods, but she’s learned to channel that energy into something more productive ( like her artwork ). she is always there to send you a cheesy inspirational quote if you need one, and is always trying to lift the spirits of those around her.
PERSONAL HEADCANON:
if you had asked anyone if they believed brielle was more like her mother or her father, anyone would be quick to tell you they believed she was an exact replica of jubilee. her same bright eyes and warm smile, her ability to cheer you up when you’re down-- all of it. no one ever said she was anything like griffin. in fact, people had a hard time believing her and griffin shared any genes at all. that was just how griffin wanted it. he’d grown a bit since he first began dating jubilee, so he was a bit more in-touch with his emotions, but he could still be the same grumpy guy he’d always been. and he didn’t want that for his child. her being exactly like jubilee was a blessing.
but jubilee didn’t feel like that, nor did brielle. when she was just a toddler, she followed her dad around and copied his every move. every grunt, every sigh, every eye roll. jubilee couldn’t help but laugh as every sound he made seemed to be echoed. what was even funnier was griffin trying to get her to stop. he was in denial of his habits, and believed that brielle was over-exaggerating ( something he believed jubilee did quite often ). even if he found it slightly irritating to be picked on by his wife and daughter, he found it quite amusing. watching brielle try her best to put on a fake frown while giggling through it, her dropping blue paper everywhere to imitate his storm manipulation, even drawing his tattoos on herself with washable marker. in fact, he was smiling so much, she was convinced he was broken. she’d say things like “daddy, why are you smiling so much?” “mommy i think daddy wants to be just like you too.”
he knew he wasn’t the greatest guy, and it had been his biggest fear ever since jubilee revealed she was pregnant. was he good enough to be a dad? would his child feel disconnected because of his emotional instability? he had feared for years after she was born, but in just a few days, his daughter helped push those thoughts out the window. despite his struggles, she still loved him for him. she still saw him as her superhero, even if he felt the exact opposite.
FACECLAIM:
olivia holt!
