My take on a modern Friends remake
Rachel
Financially cut off by parents for making out with a girl the day she was supposed to get married
Sick of pan-puns
Only child with super rich parents - extremely spoiled upbringing
Needs to fix all the friendships she’s ruined
Has a kind heart and tried her best to become a better person
Brings out the best in Ross and eventually opens an art gallery with him
Monica
Rachel’s old friend from high school
Lesbian who hates labels (no, she does not date Rachel, but they have powerful wlw solidarity)
Chef currently underpaid and overworked with a solid plan to open her own restaurant
Horrible with relationship with her parents and cold to her brother due to childhood rivalry
Uptight when sober but such. A. Fun. Drunk.
Meets true love at central perk
Chandler’s best friend
Phoebe
Bubbly & probably the funniest person alive - despite growing up on the streets/ in the system
Waits tables at the same restaurant as Monica’s to pay for her PhD in rocket science
Hardcore environmentalist & is afraid of drinking - but is always fun to party with
Secretely has issues from her teenage years & hides her flaws really well
Seems to have a new boyfriend every week before deciding that she doesn’t need someone to be happy (eventually gets together with a chemist from her Uni)
Eventually gets a high position at NASA
Chandler
Anxious smol bean who deserves the world
Is a TA at the university pheobe goes to
Eventually leaves to become a high school biology teacher
Is the closest to Monica
Listens to everyone’s problems but rarely complains
Very liberal :)
Joey
Bisexual struggling to be cast
Soon discovers identity of demiboy and they/them pronouns
Falls in love with Pheobe but mostly suppresses their feelings - despite them developing even more over time
Eventually marries the boy next door
Wants to travel the world
Dumb at first sight, but actually has interesting thoughts
Ross
A bit self-absorbed, but soon
At some point stands up for his sister after spending years of being the favorite
Needs to make amends, just like Rachel - eventually the two pair and remind each other to be kind until it comes naturally
Quits his job at the museum to become an artist - opens an art gallery with Rachel