#memoir.intro

[justcharlctte-blog]

          hey guys!! i’m lake. char here is an old muse of mine but inspiration for her suddenly came back to me and i’m very excited to revive her again!!

⧼ crystal reed. female. she/her. ⧽ — ❛ is that charlotte madden walking around the streets of the nation’s capital? or are we mistaken her for that celebrity again, wouldn’t be the first time it happened. luckily for us, we can clearly see the difference because she is a twenty-nine year old photographer. after three years in the washington metropolitan area we discovered they are friendly and malleable. let’s hope they stick around to find out more. ⧼ lake. 20. est. they/them. ⧽

BASICS

Full Name: Charlotte Marie Madden Nicknames: Char, Charzy, Mads, Lottie Date of Birth: October 10, 1989 (29) Place of Birth: Los Angeles, CA Gender: female Sexuality: Bisexual Languages: English Education: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ( photography, journalism, advertising ) Occupation: photographer

PERSONALITY

+ friendly, understanding, kind - malleable, anxious, people-pleaser

HISTORY ( tw emotional neglect?? kinda? )

daughter of superstar actress raven sweetser and has been trying to run from that pretty much all her life. things weren’t always bad though. in charlotte’s early childhood she looked up to her mother and idolized her even –wanted to be just like her. they acted in a few things together and for a while, things were really good.

however charlotte never had the same love and passion for being in front of crowds and the camera –the love for acting and putting on different personas– that her mother did. she could feel their mother’s time and energy begin to grow more strict and overbearing on her, she tried to fight it, but it seemed no matter what she did she was not good enough nor was she happy.

eventually she gave up. it was a multitude of things: feeling like her mother’s gaze was going right through her, realizing her mother was someone she didn’t want to idolize anymore ( more self-centered, more bitchy, more centered on someone who was a star, the best, instead of charlotte’s mother ). it wouldn’t be long after that her mother would get another big break and charlotte would be fully cast aside (age 13).

it was their father that gave charlotte her first camera after a long tearful conversation about being feeling ignored and neglected. ( ‘oh child’ by robin schulz kinda... like the lyric ‘ oh child, just do what you love, ‘cause you won’t get this life again ’ ouch ). the story goes, charlotte picked up a camera and all but disappeared. poetic, really, that one madden woman would live her live in front of cameras and the other behind it.

armed with a new love and spiteful, charlotte cast her gaze around for something that was as far away from acting and hollywood, and (perhaps with a bit of her father’s help) her eyes landed on sports —in hockey in particular. here was something with a different fast pace from the shuffle of their mother’s whirlwind life. her final piece was shedding her mother’s surname and taking her father’s instead.

charlotte madden did so much better behind the camera than in front and it brought her to the university of michigan - ann arbor and spit her out four years later with degrees in photography, journalism, and advertising, and lucrative connections in the hockey industry. these were connections born of hard work and her sweet and polite personality, a permanent gig through her four years shooting the michigan men’s hockey team, internships with the kings over the summer, close friends on the team who had been drafted, who would be drafted…

four years away at college and mostly away from the drama of her home hold changed charlotte for the better. she became more confident after her confidence had been shattered through her adolescent and high school years due to neglect. she still has fears about not being good enough, but she absolutely loves what she does.

upon graduation, she would bounce around between covering minor league teams going anywhere but HOME before she would take up a part time position with the washington capitols, which would soon turn into a full-time job ( during the season, anyway ) not long after. she has been working with them for three years now.

MISC

charlotte’s relationship with her mother is extremely strained to say the least. when she quit acting her mother tried to get back into it and then ignored her. when she turned to photographing sports her mother was distraught ( ‘because how could someone so beautiful turn to taking pictures of sports of all things’ ), but charlotte was set on the path she saw for herself.

holidays are rough in the madden household to say the least.

almost no one calls her lottie. it’s something that her mom calls her in an attempt to make her feel closer and she will never have good connotations with the nickname. she prefers her full name, but those very close to her have the privilege of calling her char.

kill ‘em with kindness. charlotte’s demeanor is very sweet and polite, but don’t be fooled, she has a spine and isn’t a complete pushover. much of that is practiced, at her very core she’s still very scared of people not liking her —hence why she’s so kind all the time. if people could hear the arguments she gets into with her mother, they might not ever believe it.

charlotte doesn’t tell anyone who her mother is. these days it’s better off that she’s not related to her. she built her own career by herself and doesn’t want people to think that her mother had fucking shit to do with it.

she does freelance work in the summer and during the season as well to help pay her way.

CONNECTIONS !

someone she knew from LA or her childhood? idk.

someone who is actually a big fan of her mother but has no idea charlotte is her daughter

fellow sports fans who maybe like... see her shooting at games??

friends from ann-arbor

this is weirdly specific but someone who has like a stranger crush on her? someone who sees her around frequently and just.... has a stranger crush on her if you know what i mean?

im always a sucker for hockey players that charlotte shoots during games

idk anything really. i am an open book. hmu for fun times.

[eli-huntcr-blog]

⧼ jensen ackles. cismale. he/him. ⧽ — ❛ is that eli hunter walking around the streets of the nation’s capital? or are we mistaken him for that celebrity again, wouldn’t be the first time it happened. luckily for us, we can clearly see the difference because he is a thirty-nine year old bodyguard. after four months in the washington metropolitan area we discovered they are amiable and reticent. let’s hope they stick around to find out more. @reblogmemoir

hi there! my name is fox and i’ll be playing my boy eli over here! i’m a little rusty, so please forgive me but below is a little bit of info of him, and i’m open to all kinds of things when it comes to plotting and connections so don’t be afraid to hmu?? i’d really love that tbh

tw: alcoholism, miscarriage

born in cedar city, utah.

eli is the oldest of four, having three younger siblings. two boys, and a girl (all of which are wc). he’s rather protective of his younger sister especially, and the four of them have almost daily contact. they’re rather close and it’s the one thing he misses now that he’s settled here in the nation’s capital.

growing up, he hasn’t had much of a father figure. he was pretty much the only thing around that came close for his brothers and sister and once he got older and more responsible, he took on that role quickly and proudly. his mother was one who did her best with what she had but she was never really there, and once her children got a little older, she sought her comfort in alcohol.

as he got older, he was always either working or taking care of his family and with the little free time that he could find, he was looking to vent his frustration into something. that something turned out to be boxing and nothing felt more satisfying that punching something.

after a rather short boxing career that wasn’t as successful as he had hoped, eli kind of stumbled into the bodyguard gig. at the request of a friend’s father and with the promise of a generous salary, he took on his first job to guard the man’s youngest daughter. he quickly realized he actually liked this line of work and it suited him just fine.

with time, he got some more training and moved onto other clients until he met amelia (wc). she was a bit of a wildcard, not easy to be around with but eli soon found himself quite attracted to her and the two got along very well after a year or so. when their relationship blossomed into something more, eli knew he was crossing a line that he couldn’t come back from and yet, he cared for her and loved her. nothing could stop the chemistry between the two really.

after another three years, their secret relationship was discovered by a family member (wc) of amelia’s. she’d had a miscarriage and heartbroken, told the other everything.

amelia was taken away from him soon after, leaving him with nothing. it wasn’t something that he could bounce back from and so, he turned to alcohol.

he hasn’t been hired or taken on another job (wc) since then but hoped that a move to somewhere new, being able to start fresh somewhere else would do the trick of getting back into what he does best and hopefully would make him forget.

personality wise, eli is a kind and friendly person. usually gets along with everyone but keeps a distance. keeps up a wall. he’s close to his family but other than that, there’s only a good friend or two back in utah. he’s just hoping to start with a clean slate and throw himself back into work. if he’s not working, he’s usually messing with his car or spending his time in a bar nursing a drink.