EDEN WILDE
☆ FULL NAME: Eden Rebecca Wilde ☆ GENDER: Ciswoman ☆ PRONOUNS: She/Her ☆ AGE: 27 (April 14th, 1997) ☆ BIRTH ORDER: Second ☆ TYPE: Full sibling; solo ☆ HOMETOWN: Knoxville, Tennessee ☆ SCHOOL: Freshman, majoring in Speech Pathology ☆ SEXUALITY: Bisexual (semi-closeted) ☆ FACECLAIM: Sarah Hyland
ABOUT EDEN
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Eden's aversion to sitting still began in the womb, when she couldn't stay in one place long enough for the sonographer to determine her sex on any of the occasions they tried. In the end, the Wildes decided to just let their baby surprise them, something she did tenfold when she arrived at only twenty-nine weeks gestation. Evidently, being cooped up in one small space just wasn't sitting well with Eden, whose dramatically early entrance—on her older brother's birthday, no less—was probably the one and only time she has ever been early for anything. Following her extended NICU stay, Eden was a happy baby, then an energetic, bubbly toddler, her only real complication being her speech.
While she developed well in every other area, meeting milestones at the expected level, Eden would stumble over her words, often stuttering and struggling to say what she wanted to say—a real setback for Eden, who always had a lot to say. When prayer pronounced as pwayow started to become less cute, her parents had her see a speech pathologist, who worked with Eden to untie her tongue and ensure she wouldn't endure a lifetime of bullying in their Knoxville community. Of course, they moved to Los Angeles soon after, and Eden was quite the opposite of bullied. In fact, maybe because she would do nothing but talk, even more so with her newfound skill of being able to do so properly, she made plenty of friends, so from as far back as she can remember, Eden has known nothing but adoration and popularity.
The eldest girl in her family, Eden was always Daddy's little princess, especially because she loved the Lord and easily brought in views for their eventual TV show with her bubbly personality, unwavering faith and, more importantly, fashion sense. Eden was a fan favorite among the younger generation of Wilde Faith's viewers, partially due to her relatability, partially due to how unrelatable her life was. Young girls dreamed of coming from a background of money, being naturally beautiful and having all of the popularity in the world, so Eden served as a symbol for their own desires. Her perfect life, however, was about to come to a halt thanks to the temper her father harbored, but that Eden hadn't seen thanks to her brother's quiet interception in all of the years prior.
As a good, respectable Christian girl, drinking and fraternising with the opposite sex was more than frowned upon, but especially when underage. So, when a sixteen year old Eden came home wasted one evening with a bright purple hickey on her neck, the cameras having left only moments before her arrival, her father saw red. He screamed at her about what a disappointment she was, and what would they have done if she'd shown up in this mess an hour earlier when the cameras were rolling? He raised his voice and his hand, and got two sharp slaps in before her brother dove in between them. From then on, Eden's rosy view of her perfect Pastor father changed drastically, as did his of her. Where he used to look at her with adoration, his eyes instead were filled with hatred, and the love Eden had once felt for her father turned to fear.
Eden, not the most academic of people, had never really considered college, but as soon as she graduated high school, she knew she needed to get out of there, so followed her brother to PSU, where she enrolled to major in Fashion Design and Merchandising. No longer under the watchful eye of her parents, though, Eden really let loose in college. She partied hard, skipped classes and failed the ones she occasionally did attend, until she decided further education just wasn't for her, and dropped out to live her life. Although no longer a regular feature on Wilde Faith, being a member of the Wilde family meant there were still eyes on her, and Eden became known as the party girl as opposed to Aaron Wilde's good Christian daughter, and quite honestly, her life became a bit of a mess. An exciting, fun mess, but a mess all the same.
Throughout her years as a partying, travelling college dropout, Eden began to question big aspects of her life, such as her religion and sexuality. A series of same-sex hookups showed Eden she certainly wasn't straight, although she wasn't entirely gay either. Bisexual was the label that felt the most comfortable to her, and while Eden was and still is open about this with those close to her, it is something she keeps under wraps from the general public, not wanting it to get back to her parents. After all, despite what a disappointment she turned out to be, they never gave up on her completely—they continued to fund her lifestyle for reasons she cannot quite comprehend, but that she chooses not to question. Being out and open as anything but heterosexual would be a surefire to way to put a stop to that, and that is something Eden simply cannot allow to happen.
As for her relationship with God, while she has always loved her Lord and believed in His power, she has never been one to preach, nor to follow all (or...any) of the rules set out by the Bible. In her independence, Eden made the decision to set the holy book and its ideals aside, realizing she could still love God and be loved by God in return without having to follow the manmade rules her father preaches in his sermons. So, Eden still believes in God, she is still a Christian, only in her own way now, and she is much happier for it. Her life, however, for all it was fun and exciting, over the years began to feel stale, and with adulthood came the itch for Eden to do something more, something worthwhile. If she wanted true independence, to really cut the strings tying her to her parents, that meant gaining financial independence too, something she couldn't do without a job.
Eden was never going to do menial work, but there was nothing exciting available to her without a degree. So, college became her next and seemingly only real option. Still interested in fashion, she considered going back to her previous major, but for some reason it just didn't really excite her anymore. Instead, Eden wanted to do something bigger, something entirely unlike her. Digging into her past, Eden began looking into the speech therapy that'd helped her as a little girl, and while children were never exactly her thing, she had to admit that the idea of helping them in the way her therapist had helped her did make her feel warm and accomplished, so on the merit of the Wilde name, Eden bit the bullet, applying to PSU almost ten years after her first attempt, this time to major in Speech Pathology.
A twenty-seven year old freshman, Eden plans to do things right this time—while remaining true to herself and continuing to have fun, of course.
FAMILY BACKGROUND
At first, Aaron Wilde was just like any other pastor. He was loved by many in Knoxville, and that’s how it stayed for many years. As the years went on, though, he grew in popularity. Everyone in Tennessee would travel to see him - especially the housewives with nothing better to do. Did Aaron’s good looks have everything to do with his popularity? Absolutely. Which is why it was no surprise when someone in Los Angeles called him, asking him if he’d like to have his own church (that seated 17,000 people). He agreed, of course. Aaron moved his whole family to Los Angeles so he could be the pastor of Pacific Grace Church. Aaron Wilde became the best-known pastor in the United States, with several people from all over the United States coming over to see him give sermons. Every sermon was televised. Aaron did this for seven years, and then was offered a reality television deal. They named the show Wilde Faith, and it followed around the Wilde family to show off how they were a perfect Christian family. Wilde Faith was on for six seasons, as Aaron continued to be the pastor at Pacific Grace. After the six seasons, they decided to end because Aaron said “he talked to God and He said it was time to stop”. Aaron continues to work at Pacific Grace to this day. Elizabeth is the happy and dutiful wife to him, and that’s about it.