name:ย Sage Rivera gender & pronouns:ย demigirl / she/they age & date of birth:ย 21, October 31st, 2001 where do they live:ย apartment on the eastside likes:ย horror everything (comics, movies, shows, books, games), comic books, star wars, learning new things, in depth discussions, talking about things she loves, movies, film, vintage clothes, graphic tees, video games, skateboards dislikes:ย allergies, being wrong, swimming, water, bedtimes, waking up early, cooking, money, bullies, scarves, being left out, being ignored, essay style tests
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BACKGROUND:
Sage was born to Joseph and Amelia Rivera. Her father came from immigrant parents who came to America to provide a better life for their son. He took the opportunity they gave him and ended up being a very successful lawyer. Her mother, Amelia, is successful in her own right as one of the top data engineers in the country. Having both these strong role models as parents set out high expectations for Sage. It also made it hard to have a close relationship with them as they were almost always incredibly busy. They tried, Sage knew that, but she spent a lot of time with babysitters, nannies, and eventually alone because they were at work or events.
That time on her own is what sparked her research into many things and affinity for learning new skills along with anything and everything she could know about her current obsession. It all started when she watched a rerun episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She got fixated on the show, quickly binging every episode of a show definitely not appropriate for her young age of eleven. However, there wasnโt anyone around to stop her. Later this led to an obsession with horror and the supernatural. Many nights were spent on message boards, in chat rooms, and searching for a new movie, show, video game, or comic instead of going out to parties. Not that she was invited to them anyways.
Being alone didnโt bother her too much. Her online interactions and connection to fictional characters made her feel like she always had someone there with her. She found social time at her weekly dungeons and dragons game, along with her many trips to the local comic book store or movie theater. Besides, she was always quick to talk about anything and everything she was into whenever she was presented the opportunity. In fact, she often couldnโt help but offer her opinion on the matter. This likely stemmed from constantly adding her opinion to discussions online. Whether it was true crime unsolved cases, working with others to solve a case or coming up with theories on a comic, movie, or video gameโs plot holes, she was part of it.
It wasnโt beyond her that most people didnโt want to hear about how the Halloween movies and Us might be tethered in the same universe or the way all the American Horror Story seasons are connected to the apocalypse. Nor her thoughts on paranormal events, the possibility aliens exist, or the underlying message of the Star Wars movies. But, she also couldnโt see why people were interested in what the Kardashians were doing or what a celebrity wore to the Met Gala. She hasnโt meant to throw shade on other peopleโs interests but sometimes it feels warranted when they act like hers donโt matter. Now that it seems like a real life slasher situation has come to Riverwood, maybe people will finally listen to what she has been saying all along. After all, she was the expert on how to survive a horror movie.
HEADCANONS:ย
Sageโs first tattoo when she turned eighteen was of the famous depiction of Michael Myersโ reflection in the blade of his knife from the original Halloween movie. He is her favorite slasher killer.
There are a lot of comics out there, Sage tends to go for the horror comics (of course) but also loves the independent comics like Maus or Scott Pilgrim. Coincidentally the first comic she ever picked up was an issue of Archie on a grocery store trip sheโd gone on with one of her babysitters. Itโs still a nostalgic favorite of hers despite moving on to other genres. To date sheโs read thousands of comics and watched hundreds of movies, at this point sheโs lost count.
Due to her obsessions she really lost out on a lot of social life milestones, making it hard for her to carry on regular conversation and awkward in almost all social situations but especially potential romantic encounters. Sage doesnโt understand why itโs weird to talk about the things she loves and spent the majority of her time on the planet obsessing about. People obsess about sports and celebrities, how are movies and comics any different? However this doesnโt stop her from joining in on the conversation whenever she sees the chance.
Shego was Sageโs sexual awakening. Her very first crush. From the moment she first saw her on Kim Possible. Later there would be more crushes like these, like Michelle Trachtenberg from Buffy or one of the many final girls from the horror movies she grew to love so much. Even some of the detective shows. The lack of male crushes, confirmed she was more than likely a lesbian but she doesnโt like to label things so definitively.














