✧ ⸻ was that johanna paredes walking through the doors of the arconia this morning ? i heard they just moved in to apartment #801 from new york, ny. the 28 year old works as a dj/bartender, seems like they’d be quick-witted but also a little bit impulsive. whenever i see joey, i always think of 90's grunge fashion, a perfectly curated playlist for every ocassion, the feeling of stillness and nothingness while disassociating from a big crowd.
BASICS
name: johanna paredes colosio. nickname: jo, joey, jojo ( only by those close to them ). date of birth: june 6th. zodiac sign: gemini sun. scorpio moon, cancer rising. gender identity: genderqueer ( they / them ). place of birth: guerrero, méxico. current location: ny. time in town: twenty-eight years. apartment: 801, 6 bedroom & 6 bathroom. sexual orientation: lesbian.
CAREER
occupation: dj, bartender & music producer. highest education level: three years into columbia's business school. instruments played: drums, guitar, piano, bass, accordion, violin, harp, french horn, sax, marimba, ukelele, harmonica, güiro. past projects: produced a few songs and ep's for others here and there. has written some music for others as well. current projects: dj and bartender, free-agent music producer. voice claim: lizeth selene.
PERSONALITY
labels: the hellion, the virtuoso. pos traits: vehement, open-minded, energetic, quick-witted, adaptable. neg traits: irreverent, sarcastic, cynical, impulsive, devious. hobbies: music, traveling. languages spoken: spanish, english, náhuatl. favorite color: red, purple. favorite food: lobster mac & cheese.
APPEARANCE
height: 5'2. eye color: dark brown. hair color: black. distinguished characteristics: tba. tattoos: pink lotuses on their right shoulder blade, a headphone set on their right wrist, equalizer bars on mid-lower back, a set of rainbow dots on right forearm, the word 'angel' on abs with two cherubs on each ribcage, a siren on right arm, butterflies on their right forearm, flowers on left forearm, 'power' on right hand, 'thankful blessed' musical notes on various fingers, eye on left wrist, a flower on left leg. piercings: ears, nose, tongue, septum, helix. right or left handed: left-handed. faceclaim: lizeth selene.
RELATIONSHIPS
parents: ana claudia colosio ( storebroker & economist, no contact between jo and her ), ricardo paredes ( columbia professor, deceased ). siblings: five older siblings and one younger sister. jo has lost contact with the vast majority of them. pets: none. others: tbd.
BULLET POINTS
tw: abuse, substance abuse, death mention.
— under the warm mexican sun, joey became a nuance to their family upon birth. the paredes who by now lived in new york since claudia and ricardo's college days were only visiting guerrero when joey decided it was their time to come into the world, five weeks earlier than programmed. johanna was forced to stay in nicu for several weeks post-partum which resulted in the entirety of the family remained in guerrero for around six months until the baby was healthy enough to travel. it sparked some disdain for joey from the rest of their family and everything went downhill from there once johanna's 'contrarian' personality fully formed and started messing with the family's image which in return, would earn not only alienation but all types of vile punishments from the eldest members of their family. it wasn't an easy family life as the black sheep in an otherwise pristine family but joey did the best they could with what was handle to them and even learned to comply and negotiate: playing the part of a golden child in front of their parents and their affluential friends while discovering themselves and the world around them in ways their family would not approve of.
– it was then when jo met their first "love". they met during a gala organized by joey's mother; he was sharp, handsome and everything the paredes had always wanted in their family but beyond that, he seemed to understand and care for jo like not many people in their social circle had so they fell, hard. the upcoming years seemed to heal all wounds and suddenly jo's relationship with their family did too; he had created a bridge between jo and their family and jo thought maybe they could actually be happy, which seemed to be confirmed on their seventeenth birthday when he gave them a promise ring, sealing their faiths together like all fairytales do.
– in hindsight, maybe that's the reason it took them so long to see the signs: the limiting masked as worry, the anger masked as fits of passion— they never registered as warning signs until it was too late and jo was in too deep. he started behaving more and more like jo's family, insidious and villanous; much to ana claudia's amsuement and jo's dismay. however, his true colors really shined when he was introduced to good friend of jo's ( and their true first love ). noticing jo's attention on her like it had never been his made him callous and cruel until jo couldn't handle it anymore and broke it off with him. their mother used jo's own contrarian personality to blame his shift on them and even tried to convince them to get the pair together until, after years of passiveness towards his wife's ways, jo's dad spoke up and forbid anyone in the family to even speak the name of the man who had broken his child.
— a year passed and when the time came to think about the future, joey had no plan. they had dreams: to become a music producer and spend the rest of their life dedicated to what they loved the most in the world but joey had learn the hard way to let go of their dreams for their family's legacy not out of love or respect, out of fear. they shaped their identity to be what their parents wanted of them, going as far into enrolling to columbia's business school, ana and ricardo's alma-mater and ricardo's place of work where joey found a new side of their father and their relationship began to heal slowly but surely. for three years they worked tirelessly to fit in and go along with the life planned for them, to suppress ( at least in front of their family ) everything that made them themself until the rainy day where ricardo paredes passed away in very odd circumstances.
— ricardo's death was a catalyst for the fall of the paredes family as they were previously known. he was the glue that held the family together, specifically for joey thus with him gone, joey abandoned business school and the paredes family altogether, moving to brooklyn. the first few years they worked as a bartender and dj to fend for themselves, watching the paredes family destroy itself from the outside like a snake eating it's own tail over ricardo's inheritance. slowly but surely johanna began making a place for themselves in the underground music scene of ny, finding not only a place to call their own but a found family that loved them for who they were.
– once joey found some stability by getting hired at a high-end lounge in manhattan as a dj/bartender did they return to the borough that saw them grown up, finding a new home in arconia in an apartment shared with 5 others.
WANTED CONNECTIONS
*will be on main at some point.
– best friend / colaborator*. it's strange finding people as messed up as you are yet when it happens... the world begins to male a little more sense. they knew it was meant to be from the moment they met; they were similar, had similar interests and more than anything, loved music the same. not only did they fall in love with each-other platonically, but their souls connected in a creative sense none of them could ever explain. beyond being eachother's emergency contacts and ride or dies, they are in one way or another entangled in every thing joey does, especially musically. when they create something together it simply works best and they know one day day they will take the world by storm, together.
– former best friend / first love*. first loves mark you for life, especially when they are the reason you learn what love truly is. they were best friends from childhood; grew up together and they became joey's light at the end of the tunnel when they needed them the most. with time, joey fell madly in love with them and did their best to shove their feelings to the side, even going as far as getting with someone else who ended up making both their lives a living hell when he realized jo's feelings. this bump in their friendship slowly began to pull them apart further and further until jo moved out of new york into la. what a small world it would be if they found eachother again, so many years apart?
– friend ( inspired by x ). it's hard loving a self-destructive typhoon. sometimes the chaos and destruction that leaves on it's path overcomes the love and care you can have for the person and no one blames you for it; certainly jo doesn't. half of the time, they are surprised the even want to be in their life at all— and so are they when they wake up un the middle of the night with an emergency call from joey after a night partying or a specifically bad 'trip' ( which happens at least one a month ). the phrase "is it insensitive for me to say 'get your shit together so i can love you'" crosses their mind whenever jo's name is even mentioned, understandably so.
– rival. oh look at you, so respected and adored by your community. do they know of your fits of anger when i'm near the object of your affection? do they know how angry and red you turn when my name is mentioned? do you know how much i know about you? they tell me everything. evert fight and discrepancy you to have. now, tell me... do they still say my name in her sleep?
– others. friends that became friends because of their ex that cheated on both of them with the other but then they kissed and things got awkward, ex-sibling in law jo used to have a crush on, friends, friends from new york, bad influences, good influences, distant family, flings, past-hookups, past relationships, people they write/produce for, sky's the limit! (tag tbd)
✧ ⸻ was that sebastian warren walking through the doors of the arconia this morning ? i heard he just moved in to aparment #406 from hermosa beach, ca. the 34 year old works as an author, seems like he'd be reliable but also a little bit obstinate. whenever i see seb, i always think of ugly sweaters, the crackling of a campfire accompanied by a guitar, the feeling of coming home after a long trip.
BASICS
name: sebastian alexander warren. nickname: seb, bastian, bash. date of birth: may 8th. zodiac sign: taurus sun. libra moon, cancer rising. gender identity: cis man ( he / him ). place of birth: hermosa beach, ca. current location: ny. time in town: on-and-off, sixteen years. appartment: 406, 4 bedroom & 4 bathroom. sexual orientation: demisexual.
CAREER
occupation: author. highest education level: ma in english from stanford. past projects: four published novels. current projects: working on his fifth novel and a draft for a movie script based off one of his novels.
PERSONALITY
labels: the benefactor, the mediator. pos traits: gentle, reliable, caring, trustworthy, allocentric, dutiful. neg traits: obstinate, reticent, stubborn, secretive, deceitful. hobbies: cooking, reading, camping, boardgames, sports. languages spoken: english, french, italian, a tiny bit of latin. favorite color: blue, red, green. favorite food: everything.
APPEARANCE
height: 6'4. eye color: blue. hair color: dark brown. distinguished characteristics: multiple scars throughout his body; a blink and you'll miss it type of situation. most are from childhood and barely noticeable. tattoos: a phoenix on his back, a minimalist tattoo from the song 'from eden' by hozier where the world idealism sits in a small prison cell located on his left ribcage, the date of his sibling's disappearance on his chest. piercings: none. right or left handed: right-handed. faceclaim: david corenswet.
RELATIONSHIPS
parents: robert warren ( whereabouts unknown ), alycia reynolds ( dance teacher ). siblings: tba warren ( younger sibling, whereabouts unknown ), possible half siblings. pets: a five year old labradoodle named pollux. others: tbd.
BULLET POINTS
tw: drug use, abuse, child negligence, family separation.
— sebastian grew up in a broken household with a negligent, abusive, narcissistic father and a loving and caring but scared mother who had sadly been drawn to the world of drug addiction by her very own husband who made a living out of not only dealing but fabricating said drugs. it became obvious to sebastian even at a very young age that he was on his own. despite all that, he had a pretty decent childhood ( as decent as one can be with a parent who half of the time isn't there and whenever he is, it leaves you wishing he wasn't ) up until the fateful day his younger sibling was born. seb adored them the moment he met them and bowed to protect them at all costs, the two became inseparable.
— as years went by, issues within the warren household grew more evident and worrisome. alycia was at wits ends and robert only grew angrier and angrier to the point where neighbors, friends and teachers got involved and called the police. many times social services were called to make an investigation yet, nothing was ever found. robert, forever the coward flee the family home not before one final blow: he convinced sebastian's sibling to go with him by poisoning their mind against sebastian and their mother. alycia, already exhausted and hurt signed the divorce papers and granted robert her youngest's custody and the two left to not be seen again, much to sebastian's heartache who could only sit and watch everything unfold. his one escapism from what his life was became literature: from reading to creative writing, his love for literature kept him sane during the harsher years.
— the two remaining members of family moved to san diego when sebastian turned eleven, alycia going as far as to starting up a plan to stay sober, take care of her kid and even teach ballet. the upcoming years were bittersweet; although the two found a balance and started building their life up from the ground in san diego, the youngest of the family never left their minds no matter how hard they tried to move on. still, sebastian worked tirelessly to not only make his mother half as proud as she made him, but to one day have as many chances as possible to get his sibling and welcome them into his life once again. upon high school graduation he enrolled in nyu and majored in english, working odd jobs to pay for his expenses and help his mother however he could.
— by age 22, with a degree he didn't quite know what to do with and the rest of his life ahead, sebastian felt lost. now that school wasn't a worry anymore and he had gotten himself a job as one of his professor's assistant with a decent living wage without having two other jobs on the side, he got enough spare time to return to a long lost love of his he had forgotten about while in uni: creative writing. every time he wasn't working, he was writing; creating worlds he could run to when life got too overwhelming like he had back when he was a child on someone else's stories. and one day, with the encouragement of his employer and former professor who saw potential in his writing, sebastian took his work to a friend who owned a small publishing house to see if they could see a future for him in the industry. the yes was immediate and although some edits were meant to be made, his friend offered to publish his work for him the minute the two agreed it was perfect.
— his first novel, a fantasy based on an old story he had invented for his sibling many years ago, was published seventeen days before his twenty-six birthday after a year of editing old works and reshaping every writing he had ever done. the first few months were harsh, made him truly wonder if he had made the right choice and if his calling was really to write yet slowly and steadily demand for the book began to pick up surpassing everyone’s expectations for a book by an unknown writer, he used all the earnings to buy his mother a house. the second installment was published a year and a half later just in time for holiday shopping which helped it become a bestseller. the third of it's kind only grew bigger and expanded the universe and it fully earned sebastian a name in the literature world. he took the liberty his profession granted him time and moneywise to get an ma in english from columbia.
— with his much more successful fourth book came many things: a dance studio for his mother, a beautiful 4 bedroom apartment in arconia for himself and a burning desire to settle down in what was his favorite city in the world. then, came an offer from a streaming platform to turn his very trilogy into a movie. sebastian has been for the past half year revisiting his very first book, attempting to turn it into a script to present to the platform while attempting ( and failing miserably ) to work on his fifth novel. with his desire to settle down came an idea: to become a foster parent and he has since moving to arconia taking every possible class to become one.
WANTED CONNECTIONS
* will be on main at some point.
— younger sibling*. last they saw of eachother was when sebastian was about 11 when their father manipulated the youngest warren to leave the family home with him. before that, the two siblings were close-knit, with sebastian taking the role of their biggest protector. it's been over twenty-three years since and not a day passes where sebastian doesn't think of them. it's the missing piece of his life and now that he finally has the resources to, he will stop at nothing to find them.
— half siblings*. robert warren was never known to be faithful. with la being only a 30 minutes long car ride away from hermosa beach and him sometimes disappearing for days, there's a chance there is more than one of his siblings walking the streets probably not even knowing who their family is.
— best friend. the shawn to his cory, the phoebe or chandler to his joey. he's a very loving person altogether and deems himself a friendly guy who can makes friends fairly easily. however, they have a special place in his heart. they are his go-to whenever something goes wrong and he would do anything for them. most importantly, they are one of the few people who really know him.
— professor / old employer. they are the reason why he is where he is now, in a figuratively and literal sense. not only did they teach him and gave him a job that allowed him to write and publish his first book but encouraged him to do so. now he is more than proud to call them a friend.
— ex. there was one relationship that truly marked him. they were both too young to commit the way they wanted to and it ended tumultuously. they didn't speak for a while after and they moved on with their lives, caring all these complex emotions neither had the time or mind to address until seeing eachother again.
— others. editor/publicist, neighbors, friends, distant family, family friends, bad and good influences, flings, one-side crushes, past lovers.... sky's the limit!!! ( tag tbd )
