julien barlowe ( they/she ) is a nonbinary, twenty-eight year old tattoo artist @ squid ink / musician who has been living in moorbrooke for four months. they were born on october 31st and right now, they are currently residing in oakley court. it has been said that they look suspiciously like devery jacobs and if they had to choose a song to describe themselves, they would choose hang ‘em high by my chemical romance.
full name: julien talia barlowe known as: jules, julien dob / age: october 31 / 28 zodiac: scorpio gender / pronouns: nonbinary / she/they orientation: bisexual birthplace: syracuse, ny currently residing: moorbrooke, maine occupation: tattoo artist / musician ( + ) traits: charming, passionate, honest ( - ) traits: impulsive, selfish, jealous
bio ( tw: teen parenthood, alcoholism )
chaos was a constant in the household that julien grew up in. born to two young, unprepared parents who were musicians themselves, julien was always doted on and always felt loved, but the lifestyle was messy, and she would still say that she learned to take care of herself from a very young age due to being unable to rely on her parents all the time.
this wasn’t always a bad thing, and she does credit it as strengthening her relationship with her parents, as it allowed them to treat her more like an adult, with respect. julien never made a problem when her parents went on tour and left her with a handful of boring relatives for a while; in return, her parents didn’t fuss too much about her eventually dropping out of school to pursue music. music had always come to her much more easily than school, anyways — not to mention she liked it much more. all of this uncertainty, though, led her to develop an attitude that some might describe as standoffish. she doesn’t mean to be like this, but it does tend to be an aura that she projects without realizing.
most of the time, though, her aura is exactly the opposite. julien in her prime can be incredibly charming, funny, and talkative. you don’t make it far as a musician who dropped out of high school unless you know how to make friends, and julien has never found herself short of acquaintances. wherever she goes, she can strike up a conversation with someone suddenly and be totally absorbed.
despite her ability to make friends, love has never been her strong suit, and her first real heartbreak at the age of 21 left her mostly closed off to the idea of love — after a string of disappointing & lackluster failed relationships, julien met & fell head over heels for a female drummer she was working with at age twenty-one, and has never looked back since. the relationship ended up being doomed before it really could start, because a young girl figuring out her sexuality and her first relationship while falling head over heels for an older traveling musician isn’t exactly the stuff of fairy tales.
as it turns out, the loneliness and chaos of working and living as a touring musician starts to take its toll on you after a while. about five years back, after a particularly brutally long stint of touring with some musician friends, she decided to take a step back and pursue one of her other passions, art. she got a little experience under her belt working as a tattoo intern, and fell in love with the job, and has kept doing it consistently while playing music. it was part of what kept her sane when music ended up driving her off the walls.
after so many years of living the lifestyle of a musician, plus starting to split her time between that and tattooing, julien thought she could handle touring and making music full time again a few years ago. but the loneliness of living on the road plus some constant low-simmering tension had her alcohol consumption level increasing at an alarming rate, as much as she tried to hide it. it was low and slow, but eventually her drinking blew out of proportion. she went on a bender that resulted in a drunken blowout with one of her bandmates, and before she could even process it, she was off to rehab trying to pick up the pieces of everything her life had become.
after rehab came some time spent back at home with her family, a place she’d left at eighteen and hardly looked back to except for short visits. it was nice, and it was well-needed, but it also drove her a little fucking insane for all the chaos in her life to suddenly be replaced with quiet. after a few months steady on her feet, she decided a change was in order, and moorbrooke seemed just the place when she stumbled onto it. she’s working full time as a tattoo artist, and playing music on the side just to take the edge off of things — of course, though, in the back of her brain, there’s a voice worrying about it all getting to be too much again.
potential connections
neighbors
roommate
friends
weed dealer
musician friends / maybe even a band?
aa sponsor ( will probs submit a connect for this one )
friend with benefits / fling / idk she’s new in town lmao
art / music muse
