#addison stantz

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ADDISON STANTZ - OC INFO

FULL NAME: Addison Louise Stantz

NICKNAME(S): Addie (by everyone)

FACECLAIM: Mary Kate Wiles

FANDOM: Ghostbusters (1984-1989; 2021-)

BIRTHDAY: November 18th, 1991

ZODIAC SIGN: Scorpio

SEXUALITY: Bisexual

GENDER: Female (she/her/hers)

OCCUPATION: Baby-sitter (age 15-18) || Intern at fertility clinic (age 18-22) || Cashier at Barnes and Noble (age 22-26) || Cardiothoracic surgeon (age 26-currently)

BIRTHPLACE: Manhattan, New York City, New York

LIVES IN: Manhattan, New York City, New York (birth-age 18, age 26-currently) || Cambridge, Massachusetts (age 18-22) || Baltimore, Maryland (age 22-26)

NATIONALITY: American

FAMILY:

Ray Stantz (father)

Willow Olson (mother)

Natalie Stantz (younger sister)

Grace Stantz (younger sister) [adoptive]

Gerald Stantz (paternal grandfather, deceased 1982)

Louisa Stantz [nee Crabtree] (paternal grandmother, deceased 1982)

Carl Stantz (paternal uncle, deceased 2021)

Sandra Stantz [nee Foa] (paternal aunt)

Justin Stantz (paternal cousin)

Zachary Stantz (paternal cousin)

Lindsay Stantz (paternal cousin)

Jean Stantz [formerly Garland] (paternal aunt)

Evangeline Garland [nee Stantz] (paternal cousin)

Maxwell "Max" Olson (maternal grandfather, deceased 2000)

Eloise Olson [nee Finnegan] (maternal grandmother, deceased 1996)

Suellen Nelson [nee Olson] (maternal aunt)

Michael Nelson (maternal uncle)

Michael Nelson, Jr. (maternal cousin)

Beau Olson (maternal uncle)

Abigail "Abbie" Olson [nee Prescott] (maternal aunt)

Margaret "Maggie" Olson (maternal cousin)

Elliot Olson (maternal cousin)

Anna Klein [nee Olson] (maternal aunt)

Quinlan Klein (maternal uncle)

Anthony Klein (maternal cousin)

Lindy Klein (maternal cousin)

Marcus Klein (maternal cousin)

Jocelyn Klein (maternal cousin)

Peter Venkman (honorary uncle)

Dana Barrett (honorary aunt)

Oscar Venkman [born Wallance, formerly Barrett] (honorary cousin)

Eliana “Elly” Venkman (honorary cousin)

Andrew Venkman (honorary cousin)

Kelly Venkman (honorary cousin)

Egon Spengler (honorary uncle, deceased 2021)

Cathleen Paige Spengler (honorary aunt)

Callie Spengler (honorary cousin)

Trevor Spengler (honorary cousin)

Phoebe Spengler (honorary cousin)

Marie Spengler (honorary cousin)

Janine Melnitz (honorary aunt)

Louis Tully (honorary uncle)

Lily Tully (honorary cousin)

MOODBOARD

CHARACTERISTICS: Protective, steadfast, passionate, caring, empathetic, charismatic, distrusting, compassionate, rigid, intelligent, self-reliant

LIKES: Her job, her family, playing with Elly, New York City, visiting Uncle Peter and Aunt Dana in Cortland, seeing her mother perform, the holidays

DISLIKES: Her job, the Spenglers (until 2022), Bianca Jacquard, losing a patient, systemic patient neglect/medical malpractice, interns and residents, reminders of her father's past as a Ghostbuster (until 2022), riding the subway, reality television

WEAPON OF CHOICE:

Medical knowledge

Medical expertise

Surgical expertise

PKE Meter (occasionally)

Proton Pack (occasionally)

Ghost Trap (occasionally)

Gigameter (occasionally)

Telepathy (while being controlled by Ariadne)

Telekinesis (while being controlled by Ariadne)

Reality warping (while being controlled by Ariadne)

Hand-to-hand combat (while being controlled by Ariadne)

Quick reflexes (while being controlled by Ariadne)

Levitation (while being controlled by Ariadne)

OTHER PERSONAL INFO:

She received her bachelor's degree from Harvard University and attended medical school at Johns Hopkins.

She has had a crush on Oscar Barrett-Venkman since she was little, and he seems to have feelings for her, as well. There was briefly a rift between them after his fling with Bianca Jacquard resulted in a pregnancy, but she has helped him raise his daughter, Elly.

For most of her life, she held a grudge against the Spengler family for their perceived betrayal, and refused to forgive the surviving members of the family even after Gozer's return and subsequent defeat. It was only after falling under and freeing herself from Ariadne's control, as well as accidentally injuring her father, that she finally let go of her hatred.

Her best friend is Kelly Venkman, but her best friend outside of the family is her former medical school roommate and current colleague, pathologist Dr. Tabitha Rashid.

Addison is Elly Venkman's godmother.

INSPIRATION: Amelia Sheppard (Grey's Anatomy), Elizabeth Weir (Stargate: Atlantis), Catherine Chandler (Beauty and the Beast), Elizabeth Patterson (For Better or For Worse), Kim Wexler (Better Call Saul), Dana Scully (The X-Files), Hannah Asher (Chicago Med), Katrina "Kat" Van Tassel (Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story)

NAME ANALYSIS:

Playlist available here

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapter 21: The Lake House

The last time that everyone was at the lake house before Egon and Cathleen left.

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yeah i'd like to hear about Willow :)

Thank you!

Willow Brianna Olson was born on February 11, 1952 in St. Louis, Missouri.

She moved to New York after high school to attend drama classes at NYU and to pursue her dream career on Broadway.

Her faceclaim is Marilu Henner.

This GIF really sums up the chaotic energy that it bubbling beneath her, by the way.

More under the cut.

Ray and Willow meet following the events of Ghostbusters II.

Willow knows Cathleen because they did a show together before the latter got pregnant and had to take leave.

Cathleen introduced the two of them when Willow came to meet baby Marie.

You know that scene at the beginning of HTTYD when Hiccup just looks at Astrid with the definition of heart eyes? That's what Ray is like from the moment Willow walks into his life.

Cathleen, being who she is, immediately sets the two of them up on a date.

It turns out that, in addition to her love of theater, Willow is very much fixated on the paranormal and supernatural like Ray.

Their courtship is very much a whirlwind, and they're engaged after six months of dating.

Cathleen is able to plan their wedding in three months.

Like Winston and Tiyah's wedding, Ray and Willow's wedding is interrupted by New York being thrown into paranormal distress AGAIN, but it is thankfully resolved (but not before they lose the reception hall and move the reception to the firehouse).

A couple of years later, Willow becomes pregnant.

Ray is just over the moon excited, and immediately throws himself to the role of being a father.

The baby is a girl that they name Addison Eleanor Stantz.

Sadly, in the months following Addison's birth came Egon and Cathleen's falling out with the Ghostbusters.

It got to the point that Willow and Cathleen had a physical altercation when Cathleen accused Willow of not believing Egon about Gozer's return.

Both Ray and Willow try to help each other heal after their friends' betrayal, and eventually welcome two more daughters-- Natalie Louise and an adoptive daughter, Grace Olivia.

Addison picks up on her parents' resentment, and holds a grudge of her own towards the Spenglers.

However, Natalie shows great interest in her father's past role as a Ghostbuster.

Following the events of Afterlife, while Willow is willing to admit her mistake in not believing Egon, she and Ray still hold resentment towards Cathleen for leaving them behind.

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Mild spoilers for the post-Afterlife era of the Cathleen Lives AU, but Addison's main attitude towards the Spengler family in the beginning can be summed up as, "Look at that bitch over there eating crackers like she owns the place; who does she think she is?"