liana temple-cage-jones || XXV she was a f i g h t e r, she really was. i've watched people t e a r her down, and then ask for her help. and she would help them. she would spend hours helping them. i've always hated &&. admired that part about her. assistent teacher of occult sciences at paragon.
“hey, i called myself a piece of shit, we’re speaking the truth here lia,” jax is laughing beside her just as hard. truly, the fact someone was trying to get him complete his GED was funny enough, and people here actually seemed to expect he’d go for some sort of degree. the street-rat of a man laughed about it more than enough, “don’t get your hopes up, still gotta get some sorta high school equivalent first. don’t worry, you’ll still be smarter than me for a while, kid.”
“ acceptance is the first step, jax. i’m glad you’re aware. ” the younger continued to laugh as the other joined in. when it came to education, liana did her best to learn and know everything , it was just way she was but regardless of the kind out education the man received, lia found him to be one of the rare people she adored. “ try forever, old man. ----- but you’ll get there someday. ”
Alexandra shook her head. “You can laugh, I meant it to be a joke.” Clearly not a good one then. “I guess so.” She hoped so. “Oh definitely. And, speaking from observing, people seem to think ‘not interested’ is ‘hard to get’.”
liana shook her head as she let out a small laugh, “ it was good one, relatable. ” she shrugged “ oh, isn’t that the worst ?? some people don’t know how to take a hint &. i just feel like you always have the attention of the wrong people..”
[ text → ✉ → liana ]: hey peanut
[ text → ✉ → liana ]: how’re you holding up?
[ text → ✉ → liana ]: miss you
[ text → ✉ → liana ]: come visit your parents sometime soon, alright? we’re not getting any younger
[ text || dad ] : i can’t believe you still call me that
[ text || dad ] : i’m doing okay, drowning in work honestly
there weren’t many people dani could be truly, unabashedly herself with. and even though she’d been spooked by liana’s telepathy in the past, her sister had never wielded it against her maliciously, and it’d only helped them to grow closer with time.
she’s sprawled out on the floor of lia’s room, head in her lap. “wha’s my brain tellin’ you, li? sometimes it feels like you know me better than i know myself.”
the relationship she shared with dani was without a doubt one of the most cherished things in her life... and it was quite ironic because for the longest time liana was envious of the way she was a part of this family ---- the way she could never be. but against all odds, the way her elder trusted her made any doubts go as easy as they came.
two of them were sat on the floor while liana had a book clutched in one hand &. they shared the comfort of each other’s presence before the other broke the silence and she looked down at her with a questioning look. “ you’re brain’s telling me that you think way too much. ” she chuckled. lia had developed a better sense of control with her powers over time, now she only heard what she was asked too, people’s thoughts were their own &. she was no one to interfere. “ but i don’t need to listen in to tell you that... the stress you carry is written all over your face and i’d just wish you wouldn’t worry so much. ”
@bctvnist said : ❛ single and ready to take a 20 hour nap ❜
“ y’know stels, you’ve said a lot of stuff in your lifetime but taking a twenty-hour nap is the realest one. ” it wasn’t even said jokingly at this point because all the younger could now think about was taking a twenty hour nap ; she could’ve used a break from the world &. it seemed like her elder sister could too. “ let’s do it. i’m here for it. ------- but with the single thing, i don’t think i could help you with that, you know that my wing woman skills are gonna go down in history for being the worst. ”
@filledemorte said : ❛ my life is one part ‘wait’ and another part ‘what’ ❜
“ damn, if that isn’t the most relatable thing i’ve ever heard. ”
the older sighed, taking a second to think about how her life was at a standstill for as long as she could remember &. for the most part, all she’s heard was ‘ WAIT, it’ll happen ’ --- but then again, waiting was all she’d done. “ wow, i don’t know if telling someone way younger that growing up sucks just as much is a good idea... ------ hey !! at least, it’s honest. ”
@danicllecage said : ❛ how do people even put up with me like i can’t even put up with me ❜
as the two lounged on the couch, each one on their end of it &. legs over each other while liana while liana flipped through channels to find something good enough to watch; she heard her sister think out loud. turning to look at the other, she let out an exaggerated sigh with just an exaggerated roll of her eyes but her lips were curved into a small smile.
“ no one ‘ puts up with you ’, you goof. ” she chuckled and crossed the barrier to pull the other into a tight embrace. “ i personally don’t even think i’d be here if it weren’t for you. ” pulling away, the smile on her face dimmed as she looked at dani with a slight tilt of her head, “ what’s got you thinking like that ? ”
@notakillgrave said : ❛ i can’t play hard to get i’m already hard to want ❜
at first, liana’s eyebrows raised in question as lips pursed into a thin line as she attempted to keep the laughter within but at the sheer.. uniqueness of it, she couldn’t help the small chuckle that escaped. “ ----- i don’t know if i’m supposed to laugh at that but i can without a doubt tell you that i know exactly what you mean. ” she shrugged, “ although, you know what they say, there’s someone out there for everyone; and all that nicholas sparks bullshit... besides, playing hard to get is overrated anyway. ”
@a-jaxx said : "I can't wait to be a piece of shit with a bachelor's degree."
“ awh, jax ! you don’t have to have a bachelor’s degree to be a piece of shit. ” she laughed, while a hand was placed on his shoulder and she playfully nudged him. “ sorry, sorry, that was mean. i’m kidding !! ----- kind of. ” the younger’s attempt to reign in her laughter was just proving to be a bit of a failure.
❛ i don’t know what i’m doing with my life, but i know i’m doing it wrong ❜
❛ i am so cute and bitter ❜
❛ my life is one part ‘wait’ and another part ‘what’ ❜
❛ my #1 talent is saying stupid things to people and immediately regretting it ❜
❛ i love sleeping to avoid problems ❜
❛ i hate myself a lot but i get offended when other people do ❜
❛ i’m hungrier than the neopet i neglected for nine years ❜
❛ hit me up if you wanna date a piece of shit ❜
❛ we need some new and more powerful swears ❜
❛ i get progressively uglier throughout the day ❜
❛ i’m so miserable, but i laugh at everything ❜
❛ i need something that is more than coffee, but less than cocaine ❜
❛ just because you’re trash doesn’t mean you can’t do great things. it’s called garbage can, not garbage cannot. ❜
❛ 90 out of 10 people agree that math is fucking lame ❜
❛ if you think i’m ugly now, you should have seen me in 2009 ❜
❛ 2010 me would literally be terrified of 2016 me and i love it ❜
❛ i have a rare skin condition called close the fucking blinds ❜
❛ hey babe, i made you this mixtape for valentines day. i don’t know many love songs, so it’s just uptown funk 18 times in a row. ❜
❛ there are people who know me in real life who think i’m straight and that’s really funny to me ❜
❛ i was cursed with expensive taste and a low budget ❜
❛ yo dude i trusted you wtf the fuck? what the fuck?? what the fuck what the ❜
❛ open flannel shirts and lingerie are the hottest thing and nobody can convince me otherwise ❜
❛ i’m the weird dad, wine mom, vodka aunt, and gay emo cousin all in one person ❜
❛ that awful moment when you wake up ❜
❛ damn haha i’m going to have to deal with that sooner or later ❜
❛ are we gonna fucking hold hands tonight or what bitch ❜
❛ people our age have children what the hell i am a children ❜
❛ i don’t like your clothes. take them off. ❜
❛ why am i only motivated to sort my life out at 4 am? ❜
❛ after i die, i’ll probably still complain ❜
❛ people are so petty and then here i am, me, an angel ❜
❛ if i don’t insult you daily, it means i don’t like you ❜
❛ do something with your life that would make a 1950s straight white man angry ❜
❛ i need to get laid… to rest. put me in a coffin. let my soul ascend. ❜
❛ i’m trying to be a better person, but some people are testing me ❜
❛ i’m overstressed and underfucked ❜
❛ i can’t wait to be a piece of shit with a bachelors degree ❜
❛ my emo phase never went away, it just aged like fine wine ❜
❛ my whole life consists of wondering whether or not to make the bitchy comment ❜
❛ i don’t have time for people who don’t believe in aliens ❜
❛ the lack of cuddling i am experiencing right now is upsetting ❜
❛ why do good concert tickets happen to bad people ❜
❛ i can’t play hard to get i’m already hard to want ❜
❛ i’m still pissed off about growing up ❜
❛ if you listen carefully, you can hear me whisper ‘shut the fuck up’ at least once every five minutes ❜
❛ when i die i want my heart donated to NASA so they can finally see what a black hole looks like up close ❜
❛ single and ready to take a 20 hour nap ❜
❛ write ‘nothing is set in stone’ on my grave as both a witty joke and a subtle warning that i will be back ❜
❛ how do people even put up with me like i can’t even put up with me ❜
❛ the opening riff to mr. brightside could literally raise me from the dead ❜
❛ stale cinnamon roll, been in this world too long, too cynical ❜
❛ sorry, i’m poor. i can’t afford to pay attention ❜
❛ aziz ansari’s voice in the back of my head faintly telling me to treat myself is going to be my downfall ❜
❛ is it too late to wrap myself up like a baby and drop myself off on a billionaire’s doorstep? ❜
❛ my neutral expression makes me look like i’m always in a bad mood which is convenient because it’s usually true ❜
❛ i never run voluntarily so if you ever see me running you should start running too because something is coming ❜
hey loves !! so this is my new child and the actual love of my love so come plot w us pls ?? pretty much open to anything so hmu? yaaassss !!!!
— ✧ALIA BHATT ? NO, THAT’S JUST LIANA TEMPLE-CAGE-JONES ! THEY’RE THE TWENTY-FIVE YEAR OLD ADOPTED CHILD OF JESSICA JONES, CLAIRE TEMPLE & LUKE CAGE. THEY ARE ALSO A GRADUATE STUDENT/ ASSISTANT TEACHER FOR OCCULT SCIENCES AT PARAGON. I HEAR THEY’RE RELIANT & KNOWLEDGEABLE BUT TEND TO BE UPTIGHT & IGNORANT. HER FILE SAYS THAT HER POWER IS TELEKINESIS & TELEPATHY
so no lie, i don’t play ocs a lot bc there are too many decisions to make !! and me? make a decision? unrealistic. ---- okay, but no i did have some ideas for this baby so let’s see how this works out lol
p.s- also, i just love the tcj fam and i am HERE for it.
the past !!
liana was found thrown away on the streets when she was a baby and that’s when her saviors jessica jones &. luke cage found her and brought her home
they decided to raise her and she couldn’t have been more grateful. liana would die for her family and will literally fight anyone who says something about them... she loves them beyond words but also always felt like she was indebted to them
liana knows very little to nothing about her past &. even though she’s tried to find out, she’s had no luck. till today she struggles with considering herself a true part of the family and thinks that they’d never completely accept her --- but that’s just because of her own insecurities
when she was 8 and was throwing a typical child tantrum, she and her family found out about her telekinesis when a lamp went flying across the room without even touching it and everyone was just ... shook
liana was a little older when her telepathy kicked in and really started struggling with her powers because she couldn’t control them --- and w the added powers she felt even more like an outsider in the family and so afraid for so long that they would eventually kick her out --- THE FAM IS PRECIOUS OK SHE’S JUST REALLY INSECURE
liana even ran away once when she was 17 !!! she left a letter behind thanking her them and just apologizing for intruding into their fam and she hung out on the streets for a week with barely any money or food or shelter
LUCKILY jj and luke found her sleeping on a bench one day and convinced her to come back home with them ( i love my parents )
the present !!
things got better after that for her, she’s settled down snugly with the tcj family and even though she’s a bit of a flight risk sometimes, she’s gotten better at calming herself down..
after graduating from paragon; she thought about a lot of things she could’ve done and struggled with figuring out what would be the next best step so now until then, lia thought it’d be best to stay at paragon where she’d have a stable job as a TA while being close to her family
honestly, other than that, she doesn’t have much going on right now. just tryna live her best life and is p much fighting her own battles everyday
PERSONALITY
growing up with the tcj family, liana adopted a lot of their traits in an addition to her own unique ones. luke taught her everyday to be honest and kind and compassionate. claire taught her to be smart and nurturing and brave. jess taught her how to be strong and driven and basically herself.
she often keeps to herself because she just found people to be complicated and confusing and a lot of work.
instead she’d be more than happy with a book in her hand reading about something that didn’t even matter but was just... fascinating.
liana had the need to know everything. this was for several reasons, one; bc what if someone needed help with something &. she knew about it. two; she liked impressing everyone and proving them wrong. and three; it made her feel important.
talking about herself and how she felt was the worst situation she could put herself in bc eventually she realized that talking didn’t help
eventually she discovered other coping mechanisms like cigarettes and alcohol ( which she still hid from her fam considering the history )
liana was typically a quiet but also opinionated kind of girl but for her family, she’d argue and fight anyone
STATS
BASICS
name: liana temple-cage-jones
nicknames: lia, anna
age: 25
birthday: october 3rd, 1993
gender: cis female
sexuality: pansexual
occupation: assistant teacher of occult sciences at paragon
