Andy Biersack & He/They / demigender ‷ watch out , Lake Thibodeaux has crash-landed into roswell !! they look thirty three years old and celebrate their birthday on March 16. they are from Baton Rouge, LA, reside in Aurora Apartments and are currently working as a Broadcast Engineer at RocketFM. one thing you should know about them is they speak fluent French‷
Content Warning: Mentions of child neglect and drug use
Name: Lake Thibodeaux, Legally Edward Joseph Thibodeaux
Gender: Demigender
Preferred pronouns: They/Them or He/Him
Orientation: Capable Gay
Birthday: March 16 1988
Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA
Length of Time in Roswell: They arrived in Late October 2021
Occupation: Broadcast Engineer at RocketFM Radio station
Education: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, Working on an online Master’s degree in Broadcast Engineering
Languages: English (fluent), French (fluent, specifically Louisiana French), Working on being conversational in Spanish
Family: Their adoptive parents are Alan and Christine Thibodeaux. Thomas “Tom” Thibodeaux is their older brother.
Backstory:
Lake was born in the early morning of March 16th, 1988 to Deborah and Gary Barrett. Their birth name was Edward Joseph but they never have fully felt comfortable with the name that their birth parents gave them. The newborn already had an older brother named Thomas and the family lived out in rural Arkansas. Lake does not remember much about their birth parents and what they do remember is not very pleasant. The two Barretts were not good caretakers at all, often failing to take care of their children and instead spent what money did come into the household on drugs. When Lake was three and Tom was five, it was the start of a change in fortunes for the two children. Now there were adults outside the house who could notice Tom’s spotty attendance and lack of care. Eventually Tom’s teacher managed to contact the right people and the amount of neglect that was found led to the two children being taken away from their birth parents.
The couple who adopted the siblings were Christine and Alan Thibodeaux of Baton Rouge, LA. The couple were not able to have children of their own and when it became clear that Lake and Tom’s parents would lose custody completely, they ended up being placed with the Thibodeaux family. Initially it was a foster situation but after a few years, when Lake was still young and just starting their own schooling, they were officially adopted. Both siblings jumped at the opportunity to drop their birth last names and take on the Thibodeaux one. Lake had almost no memories of Gary and Deborah and Tom’s memories were not pleasant at all either. Lake had always felt welcomed in the Thibodeaux home and wanted their name to reflect that.
As Lake grew older, the more they realized that the name they had grown up with, Edward Joseph, didn't fit quite right. There were some days where being perceived as masculine didn’t really bother them, and others where it didn’t seem quite right. As it was, they insisted on being called Eddie as opposed to Edward whenever they got the chance. But they didn’t really have the language or terms to figure out how they identified just yet. They figured out that they were attracted to masculine people exclusively fairly early on but since they didn’t have any times where they identified with being feminine they didn’t think that they were trans. Eventually, Lake came out as gay to their brother and adopted parents and it went fairly smoothly considering that it was the early 2000s. They first dipped their toes into dating while in high school when they dated another member of the drumline. They had begun playing percussion as a freshman and it was encouraged by their parents to give them something to do after school.
When Lake graduated high school, they began to look into going to universities outside of Louisiana. They loved their family but they wanted to get out and experience more of the world. Eventually Lake was accepted into the electrical engineering program at UCLA. They had an interest in broadcasting and through talking with advisers, learned that getting an electrical engineering degree and getting experience with an internship would be the best way to enter the field. They also auditioned and got a spot on the UCLA drumline, much to the pride of their adopted parents.
While Lake was at UCLA, they eventually met Bryn, who was attending school in Cypress, CA which was nearby and the two hit it off right away. Eventually the two began dating and it was one of the first serious relationships that Lake was in. It was while Lake was in college and dating Bryn that they found the term demigender, which seemed to fit their experience perfectly. Bryn was always a supportive and encouraging ear for Lake and so when they first floated the idea to him of going by they/them pronouns and being called Lake instead of Eddie, they felt incredibly validated when Bryn made the change right away. Bryn also offered helpful advice for when it came time for Lake to let their family know that they were Lake. It was a bit rockier than when they came out as gay but eventually the family came around even if they still occasionally slip up and call them Eddie even today
Alas, when Bryn finished up his mortuary science degree and was going to move back to Roswell, that began the end of their relationship. Lake was almost done with their bachelors degree and was looking into internships as well and if Lake was going to stay within a few states of Roswell they would have made more of a push to keep the relationship going. But keeping in touch electronically wouldn’t have been quite the same and when Lake got their first internship out in Minnesota of all places, they knew that it would be better to end things amicably than let the relationship crumble and die from the distance. It still was hard though.
After Lake’s first internship they moved around the country quite a bit. They wanted to experience a number of different radio stations and how they all differed from one another. They also were still fairly new to the business and ended up getting bumped a few times when a more experienced broadcast engineer needed a spot. Since Lake was moving around so much, they never really had time to do a lot of things they wanted to do. They had looked into changing their name to Lake legally but with them moving around so much it was difficult to do. They also hadn’t dated much aside from a few dates here and there. Lake also had started trying to get their Masters degree from an online university but hadn’t had the chance to finish the credits they needed.
When the spot in Roswell, NM opened up for a broadcast engineer at RocketFM, it grabbed Lake’s attention right away. They remembered Bryn’s family lived there from the few times they visited while they were dating and he was pretty sure Bryn would be around too. It was enough to make them want to go take the job and hopefully put down roots to stay in one spot for a while. Lake hadn’t had the chance to keep in touch with Bryn but still remembered him fondly and wanted to at least be friends again. With a hopeful feeling they packed their bags and headed out to Roswell, New Mexico.