( florence pugh , cisfemale, she/her ) i just saw elise ‘elli’ connors walking down the cobbled roads of skopelos the other day playing animal by noah kahan out loud. aren’t they supposed to be in dublin, ireland ? rumor has it that the twenty-six year old is + audacious, but can also be - impulsive — overall they’re a hot mess. they remind me of specks of paint in your hair, feeding stray cats, mismatched socks, heavy laughter after a notsofunny joke, dark circles and a heavy heart.
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hi hi this is my new bby elli who is very new so I don’t have her all the way mapped out, yet but what is is under the cut! also hi i’m rayne, twenty-five tho i am kinda in denial about that and in the cst timezone. can’t wait to plot & write with all of you !
honestly elise comes from a relatively normal family, her parents were pretty stable & her 3 older brother’s always made her feel loved even when she annoyed them.
however loving they were, they didn’t hide that they did their absolute all to shelter elli from pretty much everything. so her life until college was basically school, extracurricular activities, & a job at her families restaurant.
she was the very stereotypical good girl & strove to be that way due to the fact that her mother & her could never really clique unless she was bragging about elise’s accomplishments.
decided to go to greenwich mainly in part to get away from her family & her godmother had attended there. once she was there she pretty much thrived & “found” herself.
in college elise dabbled more in other extracurricular activities & parties then she did studies. probably only got her act together & graduated due to a friend giving her a lecture.
graduated with a degree in business and a minor in art
after graduation she did not apply herself & definitely jumps from place to place. job to job. in her mind “experiencing life “ so if you’ve kept in touch with her you’re a goat!
she inherited merchants house from her godmother who wasn’t really involved in her life, but she did send elise the occasional postcard. in elise’s mind she’s kind of like her fairy godmother.
decided on a whim to actually commit to the house due to being fired from her last job in dublin, ireland and for once in her life she is actually applying her full potential & wants the best for the house.
personality & hc’s
elise is embodies golden retriever energy when it comes with her friends though that’s not to say she doesn’t have her moments where she can be an ass. she definitely loves with her whole heart.
when she does contact her friends its usually pictures of a dog she’s seen or cat. maybe a meme
loves to be the life of the party when she’s in the mood, but also can distance herself to the corner.
she’s actually pretty smart, but hardly ever applies herself.
TW:DRUG ADDICTION has a drug problem when things get hectic in her life & tends to relapse
uses painting as an escape & thinks about making it her actual job, but always chokes before selling her art.
needs reminded to eat & sleep when she hyper focuses on stuff
has a black cat she adopted named bailey & a golden retriever named bart.
honestly loves knock-knock jokes AND dad jokes. they’re her favorites.
can majorly self-destruct. she is queen of it.
shameless flirt, but actually commiting? yeah, self-destruct button.
four headcanons I have about our muse’s relationship.
in university if such and such wanted to have the best party they’d make sure to invite val and elli because they were always on their A game.
val talked elli into jumping off a roof and into a pool at one of these parties where elli broke her wrist, but she didn’t actually mind.
sober moments while sparse consisted of midnight snacks and early breakfasts the two of them would talk about their wants in life. elli always believed val was capable of taking over the world.
nothing quite hurts like a break up with your best friend but even after their fallout elli still stalked Val’s life from afar, her quietest and anonymous supporter.
“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”
four headcanons i have about our muse's relationship:
during uni time ted was always the person that elli would drunk call or show up at his dorm/apartment drunkenly knocking and screaming his name only to say that she loved him.
after their fight she wrote him letters because her therapist told her it might help & she continued to do so. she'll definitely never show him.
in uni whenever one of them were having an off day they'd pack a picnic and go to art galleries or just a hike. there probably wasn't a lot of talking except for the daily joke elise had to share with him.
definitely jokingly put hair dye in his shampoo bottles one time because he had told her that she'd never be able to have hair like his & her response was " at least it wasn't nair"
she definitely has the biggest crush on keira knightley & keanu reeves
greatest regret ?
not taking every moment that she could've with her godmother before her passing.
do they have a certain aesthetic or style ?
i think comfort chic is the best way to describe her style, but honestly she might lean also to the eclectic side cause she will wear just about anything.
closed starter for @rebcllicus || location: “the art room”
nate’s favorite part about moving to skopelos was definitely getting to spend moments like these with elli. it didn’t take much convincing from her part for him to move here to help her out, given there was nothing he wouldn’t do for her. but when she brought up the secret art room she kept inside the hotel, and talked about how it would be their little secret too: nate was beaming with excitement. as much as they supported each other’s art during their college years: this was something they didn’t really get to do back then, having a space just by themselves to create together. even if they never lost touch, nate had missed elli like crazy when he moved back home after graduation: and as much as he hated new beginnings in foreign places (given his teenage trauma over moving from america to scotland), getting to see his favorite person every day again made it all worth it. this new beginning definitely didn’t feel remotely as hard as the one he had to face when he was younger. and here they were again, at their secret safe haven: ready to try on some new acrylics that nate suggested. when reaching for a bottle and attempting to open it: he held it too tight, causing the paint to splash all over his (already messy) go-to painting shirt. paint reaching a bit of his face too. hysterical laughter following. “shit... see? i should have trusted you with these instead. now i’ve wasted a perfect cobalt blue. a federal crime”
elise didn’t think it was going to take too much convincing on her part to get nate to join the circus of their friends in skopelos always aware of his dislike for moving, though she wasn’t expecting how easily it actually was not that she would change it. missing him came in waves and yes they had always kept in touch she couldn’t help but delight in the fact that he was here finally. he was her favorite person and he was here in the room that she had deemed theirs to create or hide away in. laughter spilling from her lips as she shook her head at him. “ A heinous crime. I tried to tell you that I could’ve handled it, but did you listen? Nope.” popping the ‘p’ in nope she gently shrugs her shoulders, eyes drifting back up to his with a mischievous glint to them. “ Though you could just be our palette now since you’re wearing most of it. All you need is a few of the others.” a sly grin paints her features while she swipes her paintbrush that’s already generously coated with a white across his cheek. “See couldn’t ask for a better palette”
Phoenix loved animals even if their parents never allowed them and their brother to have any pets growing up. They still believe that somebody had to be heartless, downright evil even, to not melt at the sight of a baby puppy. It was only when they tended to be meddlesome did she find them to be much less charming. She wasn’t sure if the cat that weaved between her legs belonged to someone or was one of the few strays. Either way it gives them a start and the hearty plate of breakfast they had made for themselves (nevermind the fact it was well into the afternoon and they had a late start, like always) falls out of their hands. “Fuck! My eggs.” She calls out helplessly before directly addressing the animal. “Listen up. I’m going to spank you. I am going to spank you so hard that your great, great, great grandma kitty will feel it. And then— " By the time Phoenix sees another person it’s too late. “I don’t…I don’t actually spank cats.”
elise was making her way back to her favorite table on the patio, hands full with a plate of bagels and having the time of her life watching phoenix’s interaction. “ Could’ve fooled me love with the threats you were making to missy. Oh my gosh were you actually the cat spanker in college? I could’ve sworn that they were only a legend.” she teases with a sly smile. elli wasn’t sure if the cat was actually named missy or not, but that’s what she had taken to calling the creature that had wondered to the hotel. “ Don’t worry phe, I’ll make sure your secrets safe with me and my bagels though I’d might be up for sharing if you want ? .”
ⅰ. 🎥 / ﹔ “ not gonna lie . i am interested in all these stuffs . i think they’re interesting to know . ” another hand takes another piece of crystal on the collection as he returns the other one and studies the new one he’s holding well . if there aren’t any piece of paper displayed to let people know what each crystal means , keon would have no idea what that’s for or what’s its purpose . he’d remain clueless and pick any crystal for the sole reason that it’s pretty . he picks up the light blue marble colored crystal— his favorite color , and raises it to show it to them . “ what do you think this means ? do you think it has any meaning at all or is it solely for decoration ? ”
cocking her head to the side while elli studies the pretty crystal in keon’s hands, lips lightly pursed as she wracks through her brain for any type of information she could recall from her one time working at a crystal shop. “Maybe it’s for clarity or bringing you good calm energies ? Even if it’s for decoration it is really pretty.” she offers though she truly doesn’t know what the blue rock could harness. “ I’m thinking whatever it is I might be able to use it as a blacksplash for the hotel maybe or somethin similar I really enjoy the color.”
It’s late into the evening, with conversations dying down to small groups around the room and random bursts of laughter coming from his friends. William is sitting next to Elise, drunk and content, and he has that vague fuzziness in his vision as he stares at one of the decorations on the table. After a second, he leans forward with a soft sigh of effort and smiles.
“Thanks for bringing us all back together.” The words are sudden, though the emotion in them isn’t heavy; it’s warm and at ease. It’s been years since the whole group has been in the same room, and while it’s not the same as it used to be, William feels that familiar tug of fondness in his chest. He can tell that this is a moment he’ll remember, despite the fact that there’s little happening in the scene. All it is is his friends talking– some drunk, some laughing, some in fervent arguments– but it leaves an impact on him. The kind of positive impact that he hasn’t had in many years.
“I know that the circumstances must be stressing you the hell out, the hotel and all, but this– this is nice.”
𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑 — @rebcllicus.
elise is very tipsy borderline drunk and wholeheartedly enjoying being a fly on the wall watching her friends. the whole scene warms her entire being more than the alcohol that she had consumed. sipping at the fruity drink in her hands she gives william a genuine smile. she knows how he feels by watching him observe everyone else and it nearly makes her emotional again.
“ I’m lucky to have you all to bring together. “ she says in response eyes wondering from will to the others. “ I wouldn’t have it any other way stress and all if it means we get these types of moments more. “ she’s being truthful with her statements because she would take on any all types of stress if it meant she would get to make these types of memories again with her loved ones. “Thank you for helping me with everything.. I’d be a fish out of water without you” pausing to swallow the lump in her throat that would surely send her crying. “ Without everyone actually. “
“You’re always allowed over,” Grant promised in response with a small smile to her. “Just don’t tell everyone that, then everyone will be constantly at my apartment.” He let out a small laugh to show he was joking… mostly. “Tad longer as in today, or tad longer after the restorations?” he asked. “Because I suppose I can do both, but for the latter, I’m just trying to take everything day by day honestly.” Grant shrugged at her last comments though. “I don’t think you want to hear about my plane ride, 30 hours of travel by plane is probably boring talk.”
“ My lips are sealed. “ she says even going so far as doing a locking motion over her pursed lips and throwing the imaginary key over her shoulder. rolling her eyes briefly at him elli shrugs her shoulders. “ Well I was talking about longer as in today, but I mean if you’d like to talk about staying after restorations you won’t hear any complaints from me. “ elise has missed him more than she actually knew and while that could be said for nearly everyone that had shown up it was especially true for grant. “ I dunno did you have any good snacks ? “
the night is going well, smiles and all, piñata dead and all, and ted is content. happy to see everyone, though he feels a bit overwhelmed. his eyes are searching for a quick exit, and suddenly, there’s an opening. and ted would be stupid to miss the occasion to sit down next to elli. cooperating for the theme of tonight’s dinner had brought some normalcy to them, which brought ted hope for a reconciliation. he sits next to her, coming back from the restrooms, his first neon green drink in his hand. “i think this dinner is a success,” he says, bringing his chair closer, offering her a small smile. “mini tequila bottles were a hit, i think your choice was spot on.”
elise wasn’t naive enough to think that one hug and an actual conversation later that everything was fixed between ted and her, but it gave her hope that they were on the right track. giving him one of her genuine toothy grins she bows her head in thanks. “ Thank you sir, and your choice for llama piñata's was ultimately the superior option.” she offers while sipping at her pina colada. “ What do tell did Will make you to drink ? It looks like you’re drinking the neon toxic waste from cartoons. “ looking at the green liquid with much interest she can’t help but laugh again. “
𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 : family dinner
𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 : for @rebcllicus
🪅 — elise was one of the first people to walk into the restaurant , not including susie herself. she had been there about an hour or so before to do some last minute touches for the decorations. the past week she had taken the task a bit too seriously for a simple dinner - but , that was susie. her eyes lit up when she noticed elise. ‘ there she is ! my favorite blondie. ’, the girl practically jogged to the other to pull her in for a hug. ‘ you look amazing , as freaking always. love the makeup , the hair, and by the way why the freak did you and ted pick the most difficult theme for this dinner ? ’
squeezing susie tightly she playfully rolled her eyes at the comment. “ C’mon Suse I didn’t really think that a fiesta theme would be that hard for you.” she teases gently elbowing her. stealing the chance to finally look at the decor that surrounded the restaurant and while it may not have been susie’s best work it still was a sight. “ I think you guys did wonderful! Did Val help you with the piñatas ? “ while she knew that inviting val might lead to tension within her friend group she was really hoping to avoid most of it.
