cheer and joy, mirth and merriment

"she was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was completely and utterly mad.”

[ofsunsandseas]

There's a humming in the restless summer air And we're slipping off the course that we prepared But in all chaos, there is calculation

[ofsunsanddamaris]

oh charley dear ~

There were some days Damaris would lean over her kitchen counter ("Seriously, Dar? In the kitchen?" Brett always complained) and got herself high off the caviar of street drugs. She would allow her mind to escape her and this world and wander into a place where happy endings might actually exist in its pastel, unrealistic glory. But that was just the drugs talking and Damaris was always aware of that. Gloomy days like this one were never the kind of days where Damaris indulged herself in her illegal and guilty pleasures. She found joy elsewhere, instead.

Damaris wasn't a happy person in the sense that she was always jumping around and bouncing off walls. Hyper, sometimes, but mostly content in what life had to offer. Booze and drugs were always a good time, but so was strumming her guitar and braiding people's hair, and the last two never posed the threat of federal prison. Even if that did happen though, maybe she would be like Boethius, Damaris thought, and she would still be happy despite her impending doom inside four concrete walls and between the cracks she would find God. But as of right now, Damaris was just trying to find Charley.

"Open the door .. Open the door," began her little chant, fingers curled into tight fists. Soon, she was full out cheering, a one woman parade with a guitar strapped to her back. "OPEN THE DOOR CHARLEY ABRAMS, I HAVE COME TO SERENADE YOU!" Regardless, it may have been only eight thirty in the morning, but if Damaris couldn't start her day off well with a nice smoke, she might as well start it off well with some good company. 

When the doe eyed brunette opened the door with sleep still lingering in her eyes, Damaris smiled. She tucked the loose strands of her unkempt bun behind her ears and straightened her posture, all in efforts to make it look like she hadn't randomly decided to throw on clothes and visit the girl. Her attempts were futile, but by the smile she caught flourishing on her friend's face, also successful. 

"I come bearing presents. One being my presence and the other being a bagel with cream cheese. Oh, and an apple," Damaris thrust the brown paper bag before Charley before sauntering inside, invited or not.

[ofsunsanddamaris]

kingslayyyyy

these 2 made an acoustic cover of kanye's power and iggy's fancy and weirdly enough they didn't know each other that well before so she just knows him as the guy that can drop a beat and "didn't you win prom king or s/t?" but then they were exchanging phone numbers and he saw her turtle keychain and he kind of freaked out and now she isn't sure if they're friends or naw.

[ofsunsanddamaris]

trent walters you self-loathing swimmer

damaris just doesn't get it and she'll never get it and she's just like trenttttt *whines* *plays guitar* *whines some more* bc i think they have been buds for awhile and used to be happy buddies like no other & now she's just like trent play w/me. damaris, trent walter's actual over-hyper puppy.

[transphobies-deactivated2016022]

[ofsunsanddamaris]

Actual real footage of Ashley sisters??!?

[ofsunsanddamaris]

polar opposite chadwick hart

it may or may not have been damaris he randomly screamed at, but she's totally with his whole live every day like it's your last. sometimes she sees him lurking around town sulking and being deep and she just whips out her guitar and starts singing ("come on chad you know this song") but actually, damaris never really thinks about anything, she's always like LET'S DO IT, and more often than not she's dragging him along. damaris may or may not be his worst nightmare, i'm sorry ◔̯︵◔

[ofalltime]

@jaydegee takes the Tabasco howl test and attempts to join his pack..

[ofsunsanddamaris]

hiiii :D i actually think it's been a thousand years since we've last rped and now we have frans w/benefits btwn the druggie and the compulsive liar and that just screams awful but i love it. all serious things aside though, she's often strumming her guitar for him and singing eminem and rihanna's "love the way you lie" bc she thinks she's really cool.

[ofsunsandbeatrix]

♡ ashley sisters ♡

guys can you imagine the ashleys on a road trip tho *dies* beatrix would be the one driving and playing arctic monkey songs, damaris would be snorting coke off the dashboard, and brett would be sprawled out in the backseat completely drunk and mumbling about how this is such a great bonding time

[ofsunsanddamaris]

this is canon. it's also a lot of pretty smiles in order to get free hotel rooms, damaris playing her guitar on the side of roads to get some extra cash, brett crashing a party, and beatrix just being a normal bad bitch. #holla@theashleysisters

[ofsunsanddamaris]

LIZZY IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG HELLO <3 

honestly, damaris would stop mid makeout sess and just stare at eleanor, trying to figure out if she really is in a fight club or not and then she decides she actually does believe it - thus, inspiring damaris to become friends with eleanor. so sometimes instead of coming over for theo she comes to binge watch some netflix with her favorite post-it using killer.

[ofsunsanddamaris]

the three graces.

[ofsunsandbrett]

“There are two things you can run and not hide from- God and a dysfunctional family”

[ofsunsanddamaris]

JASMINE <333 I'M YELLIN COS "Damaris, shut up" - said by everyone ever AND “ugh god faye stop it” -everyone LMAO THEY ARE THE SAME ANNOYING HAPPY SUNSHINE PPL??? ◦°˚\(*❛‿❛)/˚°◦

YASSSSS. 

they're constantly together and wreaking havoc among those in Westwood with their positive vibes (ღ˘⌣˘ღ) i imagine damaris having a bunch of tweets that are about her and faye like:

why does faye love me more than my sisters do #fayeily / where's faye? #fayeily / #turnt with faye #fayeily 

sometimes that hashtag is trending when she's really drunk, it's that serious (i don't actually have twitter so i hope that makes sense) xoxo

[ofsunsanddamaris]

damaris "don't kill my vibe" ashley, XXIV

Meet Damaris Ashley, a girl who is always on her own personal high of happiness, or just high in general. If you’re not giving off good vibes then stay away from her because that’s pretty much all she does with her bright green eyes, messy buns, and bright smile that can swallow you up whole.

She’s a coffee shop singer and can often be found sitting around with a guitar and spitting out acoustic versions of rap songs. She is basically Westwood’s Tori Kelly.

Unsurprisingly, Damaris probably looks homeless every other time you see her. She’s the poster child for Urban Outfitters and not waking up on time to actually get ready. Sorry.

She is as happy as can be in a pretty cynical way. Damaris isn’t disillusioned by rainbows or kittens and she doesn’t thrive on blind optimism or fairy tale happy endings. She’s happy because she has accepted the world for what it is, at times a cruel place, and at other times pretty damn great. Damaris just chooses to focus on the latter.

As the youngest of the Ashley sisters, she takes it upon herself to act extremely immature around both of them. But when she isn’t trying to annoy Brett and Beatrix, she’s just a bottle of polluted sunshine.

Despite suffering from the Ashley disease of “chronic bitch face,” you can say hi to her. She’ll probably compliment your shoes and wonder if you’re worth her time, and whether she decides you are or you aren’t, she’ll still invite you to have coffee with her.

Damaris enjoys the simple things in life such as eating nutella and smoking crack in the bathroom stalls of bars. There isn’t much of a difference for her because she feels damn good while doing both.

"Damaris, shut up" - said by everyone ever. Her laughter is cute at first, but damn does it get annoying after awhile. 

That being said, she hardly takes anything seriously. So if you have a big problem and want to sit down and have a pow wow, Damaris may not be the girl for you. She doesn’t understand why people linger in depressing things, because duh, that’ll just make you more depressed. She’s emotionally crippled that way.

Damaris used to be a giver. She used to give and give and give until there was nothing left of her and that made her feel pretty bad. Obviously, self-sacrifice wasn’t her forte.

Now at twenty four, she’s pretty wrapped up in herself. Damaris has learned that not giving a fuck also makes it easier to be happy, and that if you do things that make you happy, well, SURPRISE, you’re happy. #flawelesslogic

Whenever she is feeling down she’ll immediately go looking for a rush, which often entails hardcore drugs, drinking with Brett, or skydiving. So either Damaris is always happy or she’s doing wildly inappropriate. Have fun trying to find her at a happy medium.

I don’t see what big deal is - Damaris Ashley, est. ♡ 1990, a girl who will forever and always think that instant gratification is the way to go.

[ofsunsanddamaris]

HI ANNIE <3

damaris loves charley and that's canon. she loves her blazers and her metaphorical glasses and doesn't want to change who she is, because I think they're just friends who chill and enjoy sunsets 2getha 5ever.

[ofsunsanddamaris]

but jenn tho

everyone hates it when these two are together bc it's too much sunshine for everyone to handle and everything that comes close to the sun burns up and dies, so it makes sense.

[ofsunsanddamaris]

SAD TARNISHED PUPPY NIK, IS THAT YOU? xoxoxoxo *sobs*

but actually damaris is emotionally crippled too in the exact opposite way bc she's that happy overhyper puppy that people love but don't always want to play with. nevertheless everyone wants to cheer up the sad puppy. what a cruel world.