who are alma's favorite people and why?
Her Dad
Part of the reason why Alma suffers so much with her father is away is because he's truly her favorite person. She feels like no one really understands her the way he does. Or at least in a way her mother never even tried to do. Even in the years her father was home. As she's gotten older, her and her father have tried to read the same books (whichever ones he can find in the prisons library) and he asks more about her daily life than anyone. But beyond that, her father is a deeply brilliant man who just had a lot of shit luck and because of it made really bad choices. She truly believes that if he was free he would be doing something amazing and definitely something to help other people. She truly admires him. Especially all the ways he holds out hope. It gives her the hope she needs to hold on.
Junior ( @urdamage )
Junior is without a doubt the brother she wished she had. It's not surprise that he's become the first friend she's ever been honest about when it comes to her father. She trusts him so wholeheartedly it kind of scares her. But he makes it easy and their friendship has been one of the most lovely experiences of her life. She adores him, would do anything for him and is deeply grateful that he's in her life. She doesn't have many people that she trusts but he's top of the list. He's taught her a lot about real friendship and she finds herself wishing that they could just wake up one day and have been in each other's lives forever. She likes to joke that her life is split between before she met Junior and after.
Xena ( @finaldarlings )
Alma has always deeply admired Xena, especially when they were in high school. She was everything that Alma wasn´t but that just made Alma like her more. When they actually became friends, Alma realized that she was right about how much she admired Xena. Their friendship has brought her a lot of joy and she's grateful that she's gotten to explore her own musical talents. She appreciates how encouraging Xena is and really cares about her well being. Sure, Alma has harbored a crush on her for forever but it's blossomed into a deeply loving friendship that Alma does not take for granted at all.
TJ ( @enshrikes )
Truly, truly!! One of her favorite cuties. Yes, she does also have a crush on TJ that's she had for a long time but he's also genuinely someone she loves to spend time with. He's such a breath of fresh air and since high school he has always been interested in bringing fun into her life. She can't remember a time he didn't make her laugh. And she appreciates that a lot. Alma feels like a lot of their life is stressful and full of hard decisions. With TJ, everything just feels easy.