Zelda hadn’t slept well at all this week, she having odd nightmares and kept waking up not to mention when she had to properly wake up it wasn’t that she was tired she felt emotionally drained and it was odd because truly things were rather good at the moment, she supposed she was stressed and still spent too much time thinking what the strange object that now lived in one of the drawers of her room was.
And so today, by the time she finished work she had a terrible head ache, she just wanted to go home, but first she figured she go but something for the pain and go from there, just as she was leaving the shop she saw someone drop something and she was very tempted to just...walk away but she felt bad so she sighed picked it up and called the person over “Hi, you dropped this over there.”
“[Moriarty] had hereditary tendencies of the most diabolical kind. A criminal strain ran in [her] blood, which, instead of being modified, was increased and rendered infinitely more dangerous by [her] extraordinary mental powers. […] [She] is the Napoleon of crime. [She] is the organiser of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city.”
— The Final Problem, by Arthur Conan Doyle
Hi everyone :) My name’s Sophie, I live in England, and I’m 25 years old! I currently have 2 jobs, and am studying a Masters in Book History, so apologies if activity is rather sporadic.
Here are a few of my favourite things: Elementary, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, RTD’s Doctor Who, Peter Pan, reading basically anything, every cat in existence, and vintage clothing.
And here are a few notes on my daughter, Jamie:
For those of you who haven’t seen Elementary, I apologise for spoilers. Consider yourself warned! (Also, please go watch it, because it’s the best adaptation of Sherlock Holmes ever. Seriously, Benedict Cumberbatch who?)
Jamie was born in Kent (I’m going to nail down a more specific location later!) to two mathematicians. But, though they imparted their clever intellects onto their daughter, they imparted little else. From a young age, nothing stirred inside Jamie Moriarty’s heart. She felt no empathy, no love, for anyone. To call her a sociopath would have been an insult to her, however -- she never hurt small animals, or attacked her classmates in fits of rage. Her lack of empathy wasn’t a burden, but a weapon, which she wielded.
During her childhood, she learnt quickly that it was best to act like everyone else, and she perfected a mask of friendliness and warmth which fooled most people. But, behind this mask of smiles and British politeness, she was the same calculating, cold, social chameleon.
She moved through her formative years with quiet ease, performing remarkably well at school, but always distant from her peers. Where she excelled was fine art -- she was able to put a pencil to paper and capture the likeness of anyone or anything with ease. When she had completed her mandatory education, she went on to study Fine Art at the prestigious University of Oxford, and from there, she became a contract fine art restorer, mostly lending her talents to the British Museum, but occasionally travelling further afield to take up work for other museums and galleries.
It was around this time that her criminal nature reared its head, and she began occasionally switching original paintings for her own copies. She always did this with arguably moral intentions -- the paintings would have been reframed, or deliberately filed down, were they go to back to their original homes. She was, arguably, saving the artist’s original works in their original form.
Quite suddenly, shortly after the death of her father, Jamie moved to America. She had no emotional ties to England, and was curious what America would have to offer her. So, she moved to Echo Springs. After spending her entire adult life almost constantly moving, it was a change of pace to stay in one small town, but she’s settled into life here very well, taking a job at the Echo Springs Museum as a fine art restorer.
The recent dead bodies in the woods haven’t disturbed her at all. She is intrigued, but, beyond that, completely unaffected. What plays on her genius mind more are the odd dreams she’s been having, of people she’s never met, and a baby girl, and carefully handwritten letters tied together with string, and pools of blood.
TL;DR: Jamie Moriarty is a fine art restorer, whose meticulously crafted polite and friendly persona belies a hollow and cold nature. She has a history of thievery, stealing irreplaceable works of art from various galleries and museums in England, but has yet to do that in Echo Springs. Check out her bio here, stats here, and potential connections here!
I can’t wait to write with everyone. Feel free to reach out to me on here, or on Discord, to plot, or just hang out!
OKAY. HERE’S A CRASH COURSE IN MY HOMICIDAL GANG CHILD. For those of you who haven’t heard me rant nonstop haven’t heard about Kaz, he is one of the main characters in the book Six of Crows and its sequel Crooked Kingdom. The series itself takes place in a European inspired fantasy world, where Kaz is a high-ranking member of a gang known as The Dregs. In his world, this gang is much larger and more violent, but for Echo Springs, this is calmed down somewhat - it’s still a gang, but it’s a lot smaller due to the size of the town. They deal with anything from drugs to gambling to other forms of organized crime.
What your character may know about Kaz is that he is always impeccably dressed, walks with a cane, and always wears a pair of black leather gloves. He tends to be kind of an asshole, but is also oddly calm and very careful in his actions. You can check out his bio here. He also has quite a few nicknames - in canon, he has “The Bastard of the Barrel” (which is why I’ve used the above image) and both in canon and here he is often known as “Dirtyhands”, both for his penchant for wearing his gloves and because he is willing to get his hands dirty, speaking both metaphorically and literally.
In terms of plots, I tend to like to go with the flow and just see how things turn out - so I will have an open starter up, and likely be responding to others! I’d be happy just to see where things go in any thread, and plot from there. You are also welcome to reach out in case you would like your character to know him somewhat from past memories of town.
“The truth is a matter of circumstance. It’s not all things to all people all the time. And neither am I.” — Natasha Romanoff, The Winter Solider
Natasha Romanoff (like some of you already know) is the love of my life and a character that I hold very close to my heart. Her actual canon will be based off of a mixture of the MCU/comics. Here are a few short points about her (a TLDR) and then I’ll post her biography/memories.
Natasha is a ballet teacher at the local studio in town. She was trained in Russia.
At night, she trains self defense classes in the same studio.
She has dreams / nightmares about her canon life, but her life in Echo Springs is relatively calm...for now. (Let Natasha be happy 2k21)
She has a black cat named Liho who is the love of her life.
Name: Natasha Romanoff
Fandom: Marvel
FC: Scarlet Johansson
Age: 35 years old
Pronouns: She/her
Occupation: Ballet teacher / Self Defense teacher
Biography:
Natasha was born in Russia, but she doesn’t remember a lot of her childhood. She was orphaned at a young age and placed in the foster care system in Russia. She bounced around different shelters, picking up different ways of surviving. Different ways to keep herself alive in the cold Russian terrain.
It wasn’t long before she was placed in a more long-term facility where she began to train in the ballet. The training sessions were rough and she was taught more than ballet, but the program passed it off as something else entirely. Not only was she taught the art of ballet, she was also taught to fight. How to defend herself. How to blend in.
When she was old enough to leave the program, Natasha scrounged up all the money she could find and moved to America. She found a little town called Echo Springs and called it home. A well-known ballerina in Russia, the red-head began to teach ballet in a studio in the center of town. At night, she uses her other skills to teach other women self-defense.
Memories:
Training. Fighting other girls with the intention to kill. Brainwashing. Constant torture in ways that no one can imagine. Screaming.
Blood on her hands. So much blood. Thoughts that aren’t hers. Being controlled and unable to snap out of it. Killing when she’s told to kill. Then, a second chance. Blue eyes. The chance to do something better with her life.
“You must lose that which you love. An everlasting exchange. A soul for a soul.” Sacrificing herself for something greater. The feeling of falling. “It’s okay. Let me go.”
Stef, bringing another rude character from The Grishaverse? Whoddathunkit!
Okay, so a bit about my girl Zoya, for what you don’t know! In her canon, she’s a General and is very decisive, and rather cold. This coldness runs pretty deep, too - she’s far from a desperate girl hidden behind this cold demeanor. Sure, there is some warmth and affection saved for a select few - but, even with the people she loves, Zoya still can be cruel. It simply becomes something those people come to embrace. She has a tendency towards snap judgements, and comparing herself to others.
She will often see other women as threats as well. This is because of her upbringing - you can see her full bio, but the short version is, she was sexualized and seen only for her beauty at a young age, and then her usefulness was what got her out of that situation. As a result, her beauty became one of her strengths and other women became a threat to her.
What your character may know about Zoya through a first meeting is that she is very beautiful, and rather vain about it. Additionally, she has a slight Russian accent. If race might be noticeable to your character they may be unsure of her ethnicity (which is an important part of her character although it’s one that she does not disclose).
Currently, I have Zoya as unemployed. She had an aunt in town who died in the past year (to her false memories, at least) and while her aunt lived there her whole life, Zoya spent most of her time away at boarding schools - Echo Springs was always a town she had connections to, but up until relatively recently, she hasn’t had a lot of experience actually being in town.
“‘WHAT MAKES GRACE SUCH A BADASS?’ IT’S REALLY JUST THE WILL TO LIVE.” — samara weaving.
introduction: grace le domas
hellooo i bring you an obscure final girl so for obvious reasons spoilers will follow for the film Ready or Not (2019) as well as heavy trigger warnings for death, blood and gore in general due to the content of the movie.
by clicking on this link you will find grace’s profile page which contains her full bio, current memories, myers-briggs type, moral alignment, moodboard, colour palette and playlist all in one place xoxo
by clicking this link you can check out Grace’s ridiculously bougie apartment and join me in being jealous.
tl;dr
Grace was raised in the foster care system, she bounced around a lot until she aged out at 18.
She met Alex Le Domas while she was working a temp job at the court house and they dated for the next 18 months at which point Alex proposed to Grace. Because she grew up without a family that is all she has ever wanted, and it was mentioning her desire for a family that may be what finally pushed Alex to propose so he wouldn’t lose her.
Alex’s family are the people behind the Le Domas Family Games Company (try saying that twice) an extremely successful company who will be responsible for creating your favourite board games. The family is extremely wealthy.
Grace and Alex’s wedding day on the family estate all went off without a hitch, it isn’t until after midnight when they are all playing a game together at midnight (as is the family tradition for new members of the family) that the mansion caught fire killing the entire family leaving Grace as the sole survivor and inheritor of the Le Domas fortune.
She now works as the CEO of the games company and is working on restoring the family mansion to it’s former glory.
Grace has many of her injuries from the film as now healed scars (though she can’t explain how she got the injuries in the “fire”) which most notably includes a healed shotgun wound on her left hand and a large slice to her upper back on the left hand side.
Please hit me up either on here or on discord to plot!! and if I’ve encouraged you to watch the film? Good. I apologise for nothing.
“ one thing I truly knew - knew it in the pit of my stomach, in the center of my bones, knew it from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, knew it deep in my empty chest - was how love gave someone the power to break you ” - twilight, stephenie meyer
introduction : bella swan
hello friends! let’s talk bella swan! (yes, i am rping twilight in the year 2021 pls let me have this)
i’ve got a full bio for her here and i’m kind of assuming you’ve figured out what twilight is sometime in the past 16 years but the tl;dr is:
bella’s parents divorced when she was a kid, and she grew up in arizona with her artist mother -- she carried a lot of the responsibility and emotional labor and Adult Things TM earlier than she had to, and is used to giving her all to the people she cares about, rather than allowing herself to be cared for
her mom remarried when she was 16, so bella came back to town to live with her dad, the chief of police
here’s where we diverge from smeyer’s canon! i picture echo springs bella as what would have happened if she’d never met edward
she’s always been kind of bookish and shy and lacking strong drive beyond needing to care for her dad, so she muddled quietly through high school & was a commuter student at the local university & ended up still pretty aimless and looking for some sense of purpose
she’s now working at a bookstore while still living at home with her dad and has absolutely no idea what to do with her life next -- her memories hint at a life (afterlife?) of vampires and romance and adventure, but nothing in her real life has come anywhere close. at least the recent murders are interesting?
i don’t have a fancy connections page and am open to pretty much anything/everything - hit me up for plotting or connections or just generally to laugh about the twilight renaissance ig !!
“ if my life is going to mean anything, i have to live it myself. ”
(rick riordan, the lightning thief)
Hello! Here’s Percy, my absolute disaster son! His bio is here, but I know it’s much too long and much too melodramatic. So! tl;dr under the cut: (tw death, illness, a little bit of implied domestic abuse)
For Echo Springs purposes, I’m waving away most anything to do with gods/half-bloods/Camp Half-Blood with.... uh..... vague boarding school. Don’t worry about it! This means Percy’s life is clearest (both to me and him) pre-high school, about when the events of The Lightning Thief kicked into gear (more or less; I’m messing with timelines to make him a little older here & for my own sanity).
He grew up in New York City with his mom, Sally, & his very very shitty stepdad, Gabe, and struggled a lot in school--friends, grades, classes, attention, backtalk, you name it. (He would later be diagnosed with ADHD & dyslexia, but it took a minute)
Percy never knew his dad! His mom, to this day, won’t talk about him, which means Percy harbors some deep abandonment issues and has no qualms about blaming his father (whoever he is) for anything and everything
After getting kicked out of six schools in six years, Percy got a mysterious full ride to a boarding school in Long Island. At about the same time, Sally got sick (she has long since recovered and married a very nice English teacher named Paul!), and Gabe died suddenly of a heart attack (he has not since recovered or married a very nice English teacher named Paul). dw this whole thing is a little hazy to Percy too
After college, he landed a job at the Echo Springs aquarium, where he spends a lot of time hanging out with the fish and running marine life shows for visitors. He’s very good! He loves his job! He’s been here for a few years; he’s become a fixture of the place, but he can’t shake the feeling that something big is missing.
Here, unlike in the books, Percy never had a chance to really shake that troubled kid label. He’s never had any answers. He’s doing his best--and mostly doing okay--but it hasn’t been smooth sailing. He and trouble have a way of finding each other.
(u know that bit at the start of Son of Neptune where Percy has no memories, just vague panic? we’re not quite at that level of desperation but it draws from the same place)
I don’t have a formal connections page drawn up, but please hit me up to plot and make things happen!!
