tony can’t blame her for the reaction. honestly, it always sucks to hear that something has to be done to your car to make it drivable and he felt bad he had to be the one to give the news no matter his carefree and sarcastic manner about it. he tilts his head, shrugging with his eyebrows, figuring out the part cost and the minimum he should accept for labor. “200?” he questions out loud, then shakes his head. “150 dollars since for the sake of the cats.”
two hundred dollars. F U C K. it doesn’t sound certain, but it’s enough to have emma wondering whose asshole she’s going to have to pull the final $50 from. ideally, she wouldn’t have to part with the $150 she does have to spend on the car, but an extra fifty really is pushing it in terms of her budget. the thought of how hard she’d have to bust her ass at work to get an extra $50 from her frugal customers makes her want to ram her head into the counter. however, her cocktail of panic and dread doesn’t have to last longer than a mere second or two as his estimate bumps down to something she can actually afford. today might be her lucky day after all. both relief and amusement causing a small smile to set up camp on her lips, emma finds herself nodding. ❛ i’m, uh, sure the cats appreciate it, ❜ she says, and it’s clear what she’s getting at ---- but it still doesn’t sound genuine enough, so she adds, ❛ thanks, man. and hey, i’m sure as hell not gonna miss waking up half an hour earlier to get to class on time -- life without that piece of crap means a hell of a lot of early mornings, y’know ?❜
Fae was pulling out of her driveway when she knew she couldn’t take it anymore. She couldn’t go through this never-ending cycle anymore. Tightening her grip on the steering wheel, she took a deep breath. Instead of turning the wheel and following this familiar, beaten path, she pressed harder on the gas and held her breath. She closed her eyes as she went barreling toward the trees on the end of the road when the light behind her eyelids changed and a hard, disorientating tug pulled her insides. Slamming on the break, her eyes popped open to take in her new surroundings.
It seemed to be a normal, quiet side street, most definitely far from her neck of Louisiana. How did she get here? ‘Oh god,’ she thought, resting her head on the wheel as the car idled. ‘What was that? Where am I?’ It was then that she felt the stiff paper edge stabbing her ride from her dress’s small pocket. Pulling over to the side, she lifted her sweater a little and pulled the postcard from her pocket. 'What the?’ Blue Creek, California was boldly stamped across the card, making her frown.
Seeing no 'no parking’ signs, she turned off the car, stepping out. Looking around, she spotted someone coming down the block. Wrapping her arms around herself to protect from the cold, she headed towards them. “Excuse me, sorry to bother you, but we wouldn’t happen to be in Blue Creek, would we?”
another long day, another long walk home. with a few strands of hair falling out of her ponytail on either side, jenna makes her way home with little to no enthusiasm; her journey could probably be done in half the time if she put some effort into it, but after being on her feet all day at work, and nothing exciting waiting for her at home, she lacks the motivation. besides, now’s as good a time as any for jenna to find her head planted firmly in the clouds, thoughts occupied by pie. my life’s monotonous and lacks real meaning pie. maybe that’ll have to be the special she bakes for the diner tomorrow morning. however, her slow pace means she’s easily approached and stopped when necessary, and although it takes her a moment to pull herself back down to earth, she can still be of some assistance once her feet are back on the ground. ❛ hm ? oh -- yeah, ‘fraid so, hon, ❜ jenna confirms with a sympathetic nod of her head, fingertips coming up to scratch at the arm of the cardigan thrown over her blue work uniform. ❛ it ain’t much but it’s home, ❜ she says, but her eyes scan over the face of the girl, and her brow furrows. this happens a lot --- or, things like this happen a lot. it’s weird. yet, jenna doesn’t think it’s worth her questioning it, or feel like it’s her place to question it. ❛ was there somethin’ specific you were lookin’ for ? or someone, maybe ? i’ll point ya in the right direction if i can. ❜
❝ alright, you’re going to point me in the direction of the nearest pizzeria– WITH, and I cannot stress this enough, garlic bread, and nobody gets hurt. ❞ lance cheeses a grin and stuffs both hands into the pockets of his oversized jacket, offering a flirty head tilt and glance. ❝ you can accompany me, y’kno. if you want. it’s an open thing, so– ❞
❛ because who can say no to that when there’s the promise that you’ll be reeking of garlic in the next twenty minutes ? ❜ quinn points out, but the slight hint of humour in her voice and the twinkle in her eye make it clear she’s just teasing. on account of the fact that ‘he’s kinda cute’ and the way he asked is dripping with endearing cheekiness, she won’t deny him of his request. ❛ come on, there’s a place just down the street. really good breadsticks. and, i cannot stress this enough, pretty good garlic bread. how’s that ? ❜
Ben was having another long and boring day. His alarm clock seemed to have gone off sooner than usual despite what the clock said and his shift seemed to drag on forever. Normally, he’d enjoy the calm, quiet nature of the empty book store but this? This was torture. It was approaching the end of his shift and he’d seen no customers at all. After a few more minutes of feeling 3 seconds from crawling out of his skin, the extra reshelving didn’t seem so bad.
Just as he bent behind the counter to move some books in the cart’s way, the bell above the door rang. Sweet mother thou art in heaven, thank god! Finally! “Welcome to Book Burrow!” he called out, still moving the books, completely hidden by the counter. Popping back up with a smile, he turned from the cart to face the customer.
claire’s beginning to think that manoeuvring the stroller around a busy street, with the baby bag slung over the back and whacking her in the knees with each step, will never get any easier. luckily, she doesn’t have to deal with her son fussing on top of that, as he hasn’t a care in the world today, and claire finds herself pulling faces at him and talking to him as they make their way to the book store. the difficulties with the stroller come to a head upon their arrival, and after a moment of struggling with the door and debating which approach she should take, she finally gets into the building by opening the door, propping it open with her back, and backing through it. she’ll get the hang of this one day. every cloud has a silver lining, though, and the book shop appears to be quiet, and she’s greeted upon her arrival ! ❛ hi ! can you point me towards the astrology section ? ❜ she asks, pushing the stroller a few inches forward and then back again, hoping to keep baby aaron happy; maybe she can trick him into thinking they’re still moving. ❛ and maybe the kids’ section ? might try and get something to read to this one.❜
WELL NOW, THIS DIDN’T seem right in the slightest. hermione, perplexed as ever, stares with wide-set eyes at the doors to the library, which appear to still be locked. she quickly checks the time on her smart phone, eyebrows furrowing in utmost confusion. “it should have opened hours ago – this makes no sense..”
unfortunately, emma’s reaction to the library being closed skips straight past confusion and heads directly towards annoyance. it isn’t that she doesn’t believe the other’s words, but emma’s hand reaches out to give the door a rattle nonetheless --- of course, it doesn’t open. ❛ oh, come on ! ❜ she groans, ramming her eyes shut. do these people not care that she has a paper to write ? turning towards to the calmer of the two, emma’s shoulders slump as she asks, ❛ listen, what time was the library supposed to open ? early, right ? ❜
STEVE’S FEATURES TWISTED INTO AN APOLOGETIC GLANCE. Even now, months after he’d went off script, he still felt the need to be horrifically polite. It was so heavily ingrained in him, he couldn’t help it. “I’m not sketching you.” He explained then in a moment of pure Steve Rogers-ness, he quickly added a statement in an effort to, once again, be kind. “Behind you. I wouldn’t sketch someone unless I asked first but, if you want, I could add you in.” A small smile lit up his features just a little bit before the look faded away.
if there’s one thing that has quinn’s eyebrow raising, it’s being told that she’s not being sketched. unprovoked. ❛ that makes you sound pretty guilty, huh ? ❜ she points out, but she isn’t accusing him of lying; it just sounds, well... sketchy. however, she can see the appeal of the scene behind her as she briefly peers over her shoulder to see for herself before approaching the man to ( hopefully ) take a peek at his sketchbook. ❛ can i see ? ❜
“LOOK AT THE SIZE of this w a f f l e !!” smile was glowing as her hands maneuvered around the plate like vanna white on wheel of fortune, true hero to the ever-optimistic leslie. “with a whole can of whipped cream, all my dreams will come true !!” compassion was basically oozing from her lips, it could be heard in her soft tone and the planes of her face. smile deepened, “would you like to join in on my very important waffle tasting ?? i’ll be buying, i really need to enjoy this with someone !!”
well, that’s certainly one way to get claire’s attention. although sceptical, she can’t help but admire the other’s happiness --- and who’s she to crap on her parade ? ❛ okay, ❜ though her eyes shift just a tad, there’s a fondness in her smile as she plants herself in the seat opposite leslie. thankfully, her son is fast asleep in his stroller ( making up for how wide awake he’d been at 4am... ) and she pulls it forward to keep an eye on him. ❛ so, ❜ she begins cheerfully when she can finally drag her eyes away from a snoozing aaron and appreciate the enormous waffle in all its glory, and leslie’s evident appreciation for it. ❛ how much of it do you think you could get through on your own ? anybody who can get through the whole thing is pretty impressive if you ask me. ❜
“hey !” daniel calls out, lightly drumming on his sketch pad with the end of his pencil. his chin remains perched in the palm of his hand - a position he’s been in since he sat down at the café. “are you gonna be sitting there for long ?” he asks. “not because i want your table or anything - i don’t ; i was just thinking of giving this new character a look similar to yours. b-but only with your permission, obviously.”
it’s odd for jenna to be on the opposite end of waitressing, and even odder for her to even have the free time to sit in a cafe scribbling down her shopping list between mouthfuls of lukewarm coffee. what a world. she doesn’t mean to jump when addressed, and her expression is apologetic as she turns to find the source of the voice. however, her eyebrows need peeling off the ceiling once she’s comprehended the question. ❛ me ? ❜ with a proposition as preposterous as that, she finds herself having to double check, her finger lifting to point up at herself uncertainly. ❛ you want ‘em to look like me, hon ? ❜
i hate to love you and leave you, but it’s getting late and getting my intros up took longer than i expected ! so i shall return tomorrow and tackle more of the starters in the tag/on the blog and maybe post a couple of my own and all that fun stuff !!
“so, uh…” tony says, approaching the back of the front desk the customer was standing in front of. “your brake? the caliper is so rusted that it just fell apart when i poked it. haven’t seen anything like this since the monte i refurbished. yeah, i can’t let you leave with the car because best you’d die and worst you, five people, and two stray cats would die.” he leans forward on the counter. “but good news, you didn’t die driving it around until you came in to have me take a look at your a/c.”
❛ piece of shit, ❜ emma mutters, and never has a woman spoken so disapprovingly about a car until now. she can’t blame him for not letting her take it out on the road in the condition that it’s in, but did this REALLY have to happen to her ? of all people ? and today, too ? ❛ listen, man, how much is this gonna cost me ? ❜ a necessary evil, yes, but that doesn’t mean that emma’s overly thrilled to have to part with the money. it’s not like she has it to spare, either. ❛ for the sake of the cats, ❜ she adds with the slightest hint of a smirk, realising she’d sounded crabby. ❛ obviously. ❜
dianna agron, cis female ( she/her ), lesbian. did you hear ? QUINN FABRAY, a ( canon ) character in ( GLEE ), went deviant SIX MONTHS ago ! now they’re a 19 y/o student. people either think they’re [ INTELLIGENT & CHARISMATIC ] or [ MANIPULATIVE & INSECURE ] but associate them w/ cross necklaces, cold glares, floral skirts, the ashamed shift of green eyes, a stack of books, signed documents, too many yellow cardigans & pompoms either way. they DO remember going to yale ( pace, she/her, gmt. )
and saving the character i’ve played the longest until last, here’s quinn ! usually i wouldn’t admit that i got into rping via glee rps, but since it’s pretty relevant, there’s that little nugget of information ! quinn was my main girl for such a long time, and i’ve been playing her for about,,, seven years now ? give or take ? so naturally i couldn’t leave her out, so here’s my girl !
CANON FOR THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW:
tbh i assume everyone on this hellsite has the misfortune of being familiar with glee ? guy in a sweater vest has too much of an emotional attachment to the misfit bunch of teens-played-by-twenty-five-year-olds in his glee club ? showtunes, journey, offensive ‘representation’, and both quinn fabray and dianna agron being used as a chew toy for six seasons straight ?
quinn’s a complicated girl with a Yikes history and canon life but tldr: she spent her middle school days being ridiculed and made fun of, which lead to her being miserable and painfully insecure. after reinventing herself, she transferred to a new school and quickly and firmly found her place at the top of the social ladder and did everything she could to keep herself there, hurting people in the process as it meant they’d be less likely to hurt hurt her in return. her life was seemingly perfect, until she got pregnant at sixteen, and her life essentially fell apart from there. she got kicked out of her home, lost her social status, and learned the value of real friendship within the glee club. after giving the baby up to give her a good life, quinn tried to get on with her own, but her struggles continued. postpartum depression is a bitch, and life is still Hard, and she was still ryan murphy’s chew toy, so y’know, punk phase, car crash, more cheating, more drama, a bit of hell here, a bit of hell there, you know the drill.
because of how much glee’s writing pisses me off, quinn’s canon up to just after the end of season three. she went off to yale ( that was supposed to be here happy ending, y’all,,, she was supposed to be able to start fresh,,, and yet....... ) and tried to start new, but everything was familiar and like she knew where it was going and thus,,,
FUNKY RP STUFF:
she figured it out. quinn’s a smart girl, despite her questionable life choices, and eventually cracked the code just as everybody else did. she ended up in blue creek with the vast majority of her memories still in tact. the missing ones are piecing together slowly, and it’s more,,, when people ask questions, she suddenly realises that she doesn’t know the answer ? it’s more that than anything else, but once she does realise, it bothers her endlessly
since Breaking Free, she got herself into college just as something to keep her grounded, and because it still felt like the right path. i’m gonna say she lives on campus just to make life easier since GIRL HAS NO MONEY AND COULDN’T AFFORD A PLACE TBH
she’s also putting the gay in quinn fabgay. honestly,,,, watch glee and tell me that quinn isn’t an entire lesbian. like,,,, that’s a lesbian. watch her have a crisis if/when she comes to realise that, lmao, but yep ! her jumping from man to man is equal parts heteronormativity, knowing that marrying a nice man to please her christian parents is what was supposed to be done, insecurity, liking feeling wanted/desired, and naivety.
she can be your sweetest dream or your biggest nightmare, it all depends on how the relationship came to be, and what her intentions and motivations are. she can be kind and warm, or she can be cruel and calculating. underneath it all is just a sack load of insecurity and the deep need to be loved, wanted, and to have a purpose. she’s a ball of identity issues, poor mental health, charm, peroxide, and a questionable collection of shoes. and i love her with my whole heart.
aaaaand, that’s quinn ! like the others, i’m probably missing vital information but it’s nearly midnight and these took way longer than i hoped/thought they would. but here’s her pinterest board,,,, and i just realised i didn’t link the others’ on their intros so here’s jenna’s, claire’s, and emma’s. whoopsie !!!!
emilie de ravin, cis female ( she/her ), pansexual. did you hear ? CLAIRE LITTLETON, a ( canon ) character in ( LOST ), went deviant FIVE MONTHS ago ! now they’re a 22 y/o server. people either think they’re [ KIND-HEARTED & FRIENDLY ] or [ SENSITIVE & NAIVE ] but associate them w/ sandy beaches, peanut butter straight out the jar, converse, emo phases, blonde waves, stars, & knitted baby booties either way. they DON’T remember going into the jungle to find the vaccine. ( pace, she/her, gmt. )
in a shocking turn of events, i have interests other than musicals !!! tbf, lost and waitress are pretty much my two favourite things, but that’s besides the point ! this is claire & i’ve played her in a few different places over the space of, like two or three years, i think ? so i am, to put it lightly,,, extremely overly attached.
CANON FOR THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW:
i assume most people are familiar with lost tbh even if they haven’t seen it, but tldr: a plane flying from sydney to los angeles crashes on an island. drama and sci-fi fun ensues !
claire’s life has been pretty hard tbh. she was driving the car that ended up putting her mother in a coma, she then met the dad she’d been told was dead in hospital after that crash, went to live with her aunt who blamed her for her mother’s hospitalisation, she had to live the next few years feeling guilty re her mum, and living with the fact that one of the last thing she said to her mum was that she hated her, she then got pregnant unexpectedly but decided to keep the baby after her boyfriend essentially talked her into it and had her thinking that a baby could be wonderful despite her very valid concerns, said boyfriend then chickened out AND LEFT HER, leaving her to deal with the pregnancy all on her own, she then decided to give the baby to a family who could look after it better than she should, but was adviced by a psychic that nobody else should raise her baby but her & bad things would happen if it grew up without her kindness and her spirit, got harassed by said psychic, and then ended up on an island thanks to said psychic because he knew the plane would crash and it would stop her from giving the baby up. and that was only before the island !!!!! after the crash the poor git got kidnapped after several attempts were made beforehand and nobody believed her but charlie ( shoutout to my mans ) she had a baby in the middle of the jungle which tbh just sounds like the most unsanitary thing on the planet to me, had her baby stolen from her, her baby then got sick, she nearly drowned, she got sick, her boyfriend died, THE LIST GOES ON. WE DON’T EVEN TALK ABOUT JUNGLE!CLAIRE. she was essentially used as lost’s chew toy but i’m,,, clearly,,,, not bitter,,,,,
good news is, claire’s only canon up to her baby getting sick ! she got kidnapped while pregnant with him, and was so drugged up while she was gone that she couldn’t remember a damn thing by the time she got back, but when baby aaron got sick, she began getting flashes of her time when she was taken, and remembered that The Others(tm) had been giving her injections, and since she was told it was medicine for the baby, she went off into the jungle to go and hunt for it to help him
FUNKY RP STUFF:
luckily, claire was holding her son, aaron, when she escaped her canon world, so he’s with her ! and because canon is Gone, he’s perfectly healthy !
memory loss isn’t something that’s foreign to claire in canon, so it felt fitting for her not to remember anything before arriving. she knows aaron is her son ( motherly bonding thing ? who knows ) but can’t remember anything else, and thinks she’s from this world and that aaron was born in blue creek
tbh she’s not qualified for much, so i gave her a job as a server as it matched one of her canon jobs ( the other was a piercer in a tattoo studio but like,,, with a gun,, and..... bro don’t let anybody pierce you with a gun it’s 2019 just don’t do it. she’s not qualified to actually properly pierce ? plus she was like 17 at the time so like,,, sketchy ) and i’m just thinking that her job maybe has a creche for lil aaron since she doesn’t really trust people with him and he’s still REALLY young. the lil guy is only five months old, but claire needs to earn money somehow so !!! we’re winging it !!! but aaron will probably be present in most threads, but i know that babies are a big Nope for some people so no worries if that makes you uncomfy and you’d rather skip that, just hmu !
despite her hardships, claire’s lovely. she’s definitely one of lost’s softest characters, bless her. she has a heart of gold, and a very hopeful view of the world at times. even when a lot of people had come to terms with the fact they might be on the island forever, claire still hoped they’d get home one day, even if she didn’t logically think they actually would. her mother’s love of nature has given her some wildlife knowledge, she’s very much intro astrology and will happily do your chart for you, she’s usually chirpy, a little naive, very much still getting a hang of this whole Adulting thing, let alone the whole Mothering thing. she’s honestly just trying her best. but she’s very nice !! easy to get on with !!!! maybe a little sceptical at points !!! realising that everything was just on repeat was probably weird for her, and it would’ve been a very shifty-eyed moment and tentatively trying to go off script and change the narrative while being Very Scared
it’s a good thing her memories are gone tbh, as otherwise she’d be feeling even more,,, ahem,,, lost. like the people on the island became like a family to her and helped her out in so many ways, especially with aaron and coming to terms with motherhood. and she doesn’t remember how much help she used to get, or how minimalist looking after aaron could be when all they had was the bare minimum. she doesn’t have to compare her time, or miss the people she grew to love, especially charlie, kate, locke, sun etc. plus her life sucked and she was sad, so all’s well now, my child
so she’s just trying to get by ! nice young lady with a crappy job and a baby just trying to live her life !
lauren lopez, cis female ( she/her ), bisexual. did you hear ? EMMA PERKINS, a ( canon ) character in ( THE GUY WHO DIDN’T LIKE MUSICALS ), went deviant THREE MONTHS ago ! now they’re a 31 y/o barista/student. people either think they’re [ QUICK-WITTED & ADVENTUROUS ] or [ CRABBY & INTOLERANT ] but associate them w/ coffee beans, messy buns, unread texts, risen middle fingers, rolling eyes, blue goo, black shorts & blood stains either way. they DO remember the apotheosis. ( pace, she/her, gmt. )
surprise ! it’s me, ya girl, with another musical theatre goblin ! this is emma, i adore her endlessly, and she’s probably the muse i actually have the most muse for rn so expect to see A LOT of her, my friends !
CANON FOR THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW:
okay so the guy who didn’t like musicals is a musical about, get this, a guy who doesn’t like musicals. how do they think of these titles ? but him hating musical theatre is all very well and good until a meteor hits the local theatre, and their island slowly becomes infected by singing alien-zombies. the whole thing is on youtube ( professionally shot and legal and shit. it’s a starkid production and they truly do come through for us ! ) so maybe watch it maybe ?
emma is said musical hating guy’s love interest and eventually the show’s final girl
she works at the local coffee shop as a barista, and loathes her job more and more with each passing second. the customers are vultures, her boss is an ass, her manager is ten years younger than her and a pesky theatre kid, the pay sucks, and the tip jar reads ‘tip for a song’ and she’d much rather take a cactus to the eye than follow the instructions of a piece of paper
all she wants is to avoid not dying in her hometown, and spent the first eighteen years of her life trying to leave the island, and only returned when her sister died. she always invited emma home to make her be apart of the big events of her life, but emma never went, and her sister’s death made her realise she was missing out on too much and not doing anything with her life. so she moved back home and enrolled in college and decided to start fresh
but then uh whoops zombie apocalypse decided to rain on her parade and take the lives of her friends
FUNKY RP STUFF:
i put a lot of ( probably too much lmao ) thought into which of my characters would have their memories and which wouldn’t, but emma becoming aware of the loop is LITERALLY so in character for her. tgwdlm is kinda meta anyway, and ( SPOILERS ) the show ends with emma talking to the audience and trying to get someone to help her. she literally screams ‘WHY ARE YOU ALL CLAPPING ?!’ as the rest of the cast take their bows, it’s highkey brilliant ( / SPOILERS END ) and then the whole thing starting again and THAT being emma’s life just,,,, fits ? and of all the characters, she’s the one smart enough to figure it out and break out and try and go against it, and then eventually ending up here. but ya she’s honestly perfect for this rp lmao
she’s trying to Deal with all of that, and what happened during the apotheosis, but also build a life for herself now she’s,, Real ? so she’s studying exactly what she did in canon, botany, with the exact same end goal, of starting a pot farm. while her life may have been a musical, she’s still the same and her motivations were still the same. plus, having to find a new life goal is just one big existential crisis she doesn’t want to deal with. and she’s still a barista, but maybe somewhere that doesn’t involve singing. since,,,, y’know, the last time people sang around her, everyone died and then tried to kill her
still emo about paul, trying to Deal with all of that too. honestly becoming deviant has just been a Lot for her, which is saying something when her last memories beforehand were here running away from singing zombies with blue shit dripping out of their mouths
probably needs a roommate or two if anybody is game, that could be fun ! she’s working her way through college so girlie has, like, zero money and needs all the roomies she can get
while being snappy and intolerant, emma’s somehow......likeable ? she’s loyal, and sympathetic, and doesn’t put up with people’s crap. she’s got a pretty good noodle on her, and she’s very quick on her feet. but tbh she’s also crabby and grumpy and snarky but,,,, also the least intimidating woman ever. she’s a 5′0′’ soprano and can be really soft, there’s nothing intimidating about that
again i’m probably forgetting stuff so to be updated !!!!
jessie mueller, cis female ( she/her ), pansexual. did you hear ? JENNA HUNTERSON, a ( canon ) character in ( WAITRESS ), went deviant A YEAR ago ! now they’re a 33 y/o waitress. people either think they’re [ KIND & A DREAMER ] or [ SCATTERBRAINED & BROKEN ] but associate them w/ floury hands, messy ponytails, whispered secrets, smudged lipstick, crimped pie crust, measuring cups, & bruises either way. they DON’T remember creating her deep dish blueberry bacon pie. ( pace, she/her, gmt. )
hi hello ! i’m pace, and this messy gremlin is one quarter of my gals, jenna ! i’m starting with her intro because she’s lowkey the most precious to me and i adore her with every fibre of my being, and waitress might just be my favourite thing on the planet. we’re also gonna ignore that that there gif isn’t actually of jenna, but jessie’s in costume so it’ll do. plus it’s one of mine so we’ll let it slide ! let me live !
CANON FOR THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW:
okay so waitress is a musical based on the movie of the same name, following a... guess what... waitress, and her messy, unhappy life and the things that give her hope as she attempts to find a way out of her abusive marriage and shitty situation. feminism ! female friendships ! empowerment ! pie ! babies ! being miserable ! everyone is flawed ! all that good shit !
my jenna is based mainly on jessie mueller’s portrayal, but has influences from other jennas ( including keri russell, aka movie!jenna ) and my own personal interpretation.
because of the nature of the musical, jenna became deviant from the beginning of the show ( since ten minutes into the show, she learns she’s pregnant and goes on to have an affair with her gyno and,,, it’s a lot, but since i knew i was gonna bring claire in too i put a cap on how many babies are involved lmao. and claire’s kinda the one where it’s necessary the most ) and the aforementioned pie is something she creates in the first like,,, two minutes of the show. although she’s a waitress, she also bakes all the pies for the diner she works at ( 27 that are a year-round deal, and then she creates a new one each day, thus deep dish blueberry bacon )
instead of dealing with her problems, she bakes her feelings into pies so she doesn’t have to deal with them, and it’s something she learned to do from her late mother. jenna’s marriage is abusive, but so was her mother’s, and her mom used to keep jenna in the kitchen to keep her safe, so jenna basically grew up with throwing her feelings into pie and acting like everything is fine. healthy !!!!
FUNKY RP STUFF:
so !! now she’s in the real world, not only is she away from her husband, but she also got that fresh start she’d always dreamed of and hoped for. although in a lot of cases it might be a shame the memories are gone, it’s pretty much a blessing for jenna, since she can’t remember all the crap that’s happened in her life that shaped her into who she is now
she escaped the world of joe’s pie diner a year ago, and is now living her life as a waitress, and is very much still baking a hell of a lot of pies each day. because ofc, how could i ever deny her of it ?
she’s friendly and kind ( she’s once described as the queen of kindness and goodness in the show, so y’know ) but fades into the background for most, and if she lets you get close enough to her you’ll notice that there’s not much of a light in her eyes these days and she’s probably broken beyond repair
i’ve never written a straight character in my life and don’t intend on starting now, so although jenna’s presumably straight in canon ( make dr pomatter a woman, you cowards ) i’m,,,,,,, gonna have to laugh in the face of that. no thanks
i’ve written jenna for well over a year, so i like to think i have a pretty good grasp on her, but y’all can be the judge of that lmao
ABOUT ME:
i love medium gifs and rp icons, but am happy with gif icons too. chances are, i’ll just match whatever you use, but my collection of resources differs for each character in terms of numbers and whatnot
if you wanna reformat my threads for the Aesthetic of your blog, feel free ! but please don’t toy with anything bolded or italicised since she’s for, in the wise words of josh peck, emphasis
i know i’m forgetting so much so don’t be alarmed if this gets updated at some point lmao, i have the brain of a walnut half the time
BUT i’m excited to be here and write my girls !
if you’re looking for info you didn’t find pls hmu !
