NAME: James Patrick Macnair
NICKNAMES: Most of his friends and acquaintances call him Jamie, and that’s his preferred name. His mother and sister call him Jack at home, and his father calls him James and nothing else. His maternal grandmother called him ‘Little Dolphin’ or ‘Little Shadow’ when he was young.
AGE: 24 years old
BIRTHDAY: 13 May, 1993
GENDER: Cisgender Male
PRONOUNS: He/him/his
( miscarriage tw / death tw )
MOTHER: Emma Cecelia Macnair, née O’Conlon
FATHER: William Charles Macnair
FAMILY: The Macnair political dynasty, Jamie’s paternal line, rivals the Bushes, or their great rivals, the also Irish-American, liberally-minded Kennedys, save for one thing: no Macnair has ever successfully taken the White House. They’ve been senators, and lieutenant governors, and diplomats, and Patrick Macnair, Jamie’s paternal grandfather was a mere ten million votes from the vice presidency, but none of them have ever succeeded at what truly matters. If William Macnair does not reach Washington, then one of Jamie’s cousins, or Jamie himself, will. They have to.
The O’Conlons are a Boston Irish Brahmin social legacy, and the union of their brightest, most beautiful star, the intelligent, bull-headed, gorgeous Emma O’Conlon with the ambitious, hungry, handsome William Macnair was the reversal of their fortunes, their physical wealth squandered on a series of ill-advised investments by one of her uncles, a mistakenly named patriarch, in the seventies. At first, the couple’s clashes seemed catastrophic, but Emma played the part of Will’s wife easily, and as his own star rose and hers dimmed, she found herself no longer arguing. ‘For the sake of their children.’ Her father died when she was young, she was extremely close with her mother, Bridget, and prior to her mother’s death in 2011, Bridget made it clear to the O’Conlons she believed her child had been replaced by an imposter, a wolf among them.
SIBLINGS: Isobel Bridget Macnair, his twin sister, younger than Jamie by 58 minutes. Their parents had two miscarriages after their birth and did not have any more children after the twins. They refer to Jamie and Isobel as their ‘miracle babies’.
FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY: He loved the beach even as a child, and their family used to have picnics on the dunes that he misses as an adult.
FAVORITE CHILDHOOD TOY: A stuffed elephant named Babar, after the children’s book character.
EMBARRASSING STORY: His mother likes to tell the story of his first word anytime she wants to embarrass him. His first word was not ‘mommy’, or ‘daddy’, but ‘Is’, and Isobel’s first word was ‘mine’.
FAVORITE FAMILY MEMBER: Before she died, his grandmother Bridget.
A STORY ABOUT THAT FAMILY MEMBER: She was the closest thing to Indiana Jones you could find in a woman with small children, and rumour has it she was a spy for the OSS during the Second World War. She knew how to pilot small aircraft but never renewed her licence after her youngest child was born.
RACE/ETHNICITY: White / Irish-American (with some French and Scots ancestry)
NATIONALITY: American
HEIGHT: 6′1″ ( He considers his height to be a problem ; Isobel is quite tall as well, 5′10″, as are their parents. )
BUILD: Slim and muscular
TATTOOS: One, a little star on his ankle to match someone else’s
PIERCINGS: None, but Isobel nearly convinced him to get his ears pierced once
HAIR: Always neatly cut, and nearly always soaked in seawater
FACIAL HAIR: He can grow a beard easily, but is more likely to be clean-shaven than not, as there’s a belief in his family that stubble is more ‘unkempt’ than ‘handsome’
HAIR COLOR: Brown, lighter because of the sun
EYE COLOR: Brown as well
DOMINANT HAND: Right-handed, like his mother, his father is left-handed, and Isobel is ambidextrous ( self-taught )
ANOMALIES: An array of freckles ( some might call them moles ) and a prominent birthmark on his neck as well as one on his cheek, slightly above his jaw
ACCENT: He would call it standard American, but he tends to use Southern Californian slang as a result of his upbringing there
PHYSICAL DISABILITIES: None, though he’s had a number of physical injuries over the years, including numerous concussions, two broken ribs, a fractured wrist, and a torn ligament in his right leg that left him with a limp for quite a while
LEARNING DISABILITIES: None, though there was a time he and Isobel were suspected to have ADHD ( Isobel may actually have it, their father didn’t carry on with the evaluation as he believed it would be putting a stigma on them far too early )
ALLERGIES: Some types of pollen, kiwi fruit
DISORDERS: Anxiety disorder ( unacknowledged, though he self-medicates with refills of the klonopin prescription he got for ‘a short episode’ a few years ago )
FASHION: Jamie does pride himself on his appearance ( the result of being born into a family that places so much value on appearances ) and he does consider himself to have cultivated a decent, classic wardrobe, when he’s not wearing a wet suit or boxers and a grey t-shirt that was originally white. He uses those looks for campaigning.
NERVOUS TICS: Pushing back his hair, not meeting the person’s eyes
QUIRKS: He would consider his favourite food to be ice. Once he specifies granitas, it makes more sense, but he says, quite plainly, ‘ice’. Can crack a coconut open with his bare hands if he tries hard enough.
HOME ADDRESS: He lives in Malibu, in a home he shares with a roommate ( or two, depending on whether the second is away ) situated right on the Pacific
RESIDES: Los Angeles, California, United States
BORN: Lennox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, New York City
RAISED: San Francisco, California, though his family moved to Los Angeles when he was seven, as his father believed he had a better chance in that voting district, considering how deeply, deeply liberal San Francisco was ( not that Los Angeles was really much better, but it was better than San Francisco )
VEHICLE: Tesla Model X he shares with Isobel when she’s home. Their father used it as a pawn for his campaign, seeing as there were certain values he needed to display to be elected in California, and from those values, he chose ‘support of alternative energy sources’. His environmentalism, especially as it concerns global warming and the rising seas, and trash in the Pacific, and landfills, and everything Jamie really cares about, is nearly nonexistent, but he can still point to the electric Tesla his children received for their birthday !
PHONE: iPhone 6, though he has an Android for ‘more secure communication’ he never uses, partially because he’s not a politician and he has nothing to secure. Yet.
LAPTOP/COMPUTER: MacBook Pro, 15 inch display, and a Windows tablet for no particular reason.
PETS: Two dogs, Alpha and Uno, the former is a labrador-dominant mutt, and the other is a border collie, both were rescued in Los Angeles. Uno is being trained as a search and rescue dog.
HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION: Jamie and Isobel are graduates of the Harvard-Westlake school, the best education that money could buy in Los Angeles, and the personal hell of anyone who breaks under pressure
COLLEGE EDUCATION: University of California, Los Angeles. Though his first choice was Georgetown, he decided to go to UCLA in order to remain with his family and have a view of the ocean ( the Potomac was nice, but he couldn’t live in it ).
MAJOR: Neuroscience
MINOR: Spanish
CAREER: Medical Student at UCLA, semi-professional surfer
EXPERIENCE: He is two years into medical school, and intends to become a surgeon, if he can survive residency at a major hospital without imploding. He’s been surfing for almost 15 years, inexplicably drawn to the Pacific and given his first board by a man who saw something in him, and he can’t be torn away from his boards no matter how hard some people may try.
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: The Republican Party, through his affiliation with his parents
RELIGION: Lapsed Roman Catholic, he was raised in the church with his sister for appearances, and was baptised and took communion but he can’t bring himself to return to Catholicism now, not with all of its cruel scandals and blatant lies
BELIEFS: He finds himself praying to a higher power, to God, in his times of great distress, but he feels, logically, as though God’s existence is not possible, leading to an internal conflict only worsened by the vitality placed on religion by the Republican Party
MISDEMEANORS AND FELONIES: None. He values his future far too much.
TICKETS AND/OR VIOLATIONS: A few scattered parking tickets that were resolved promptly and without hesitation. They’re impossible to avoid when you’re parking in LA.
DRUGS: Klonopin for anxiety, as needed, but he was prescribed it.
SMOKES: No, he needs his lungs to swim
ALCOHOL: He drinks ‘socially’, but it’s becoming less and less social
DIET: He doesn’t eat red meat and seems to be lactose intolerant so he avoids milk as well
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: He doesn’t like to label this, he believes he could love someone of any gender.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Like his romantic orientation, he doesn’t like the idea of labelling himself, especially during a time when he’s quietly experimenting with his sexuality.
MARTIAL STATUS: Single, with a few scattered flings, and, his worst fear, he’s coming to like the Zealot in a way he could never have imagined.
CHILDREN: He doesn’t have any, and has not ( knowing or unknowingly ) fathered any, but he would like to have some in the future, he thinks. And he would like to adopt whether or not he can conceive with his partner.
AVAILABILITY: If he was in a serious relationship, he would not be, given his deep disdain for cheaters.
LOOKING FOR: Someone who will make him feel the way the saltwater does.
LANGUAGES: Jamie took Spanish in high school and liked it enough to continue it in university, and it’s politically advantageous for his parents that he speaks it. He wants to learn Arabic or Farsi to really rile them up, and because he’s always been mesmerised by that script and the way the syllables flow from open mouths. Making his parents angry is small in comparison to understanding poets in their native tongues.
PHOBIAS: He fears death, first and foremost, and has numerous other little anxieties he can’t quite seem to shake ( his fear of nuclear war is quite profound at the moment ).
HOBBIES: Surfing, swimming, biking, hiking, soaking up the sun like a lizard, anything that allows him to be outside instead of caged inside.
ONE BAD HABIT: He leaves cups everywhere, all over his house.
ONE GOOD HABIT: He’s very clean and believes strongly in good hygiene, especially as a future surgeon.
ONE HABIT THEY CAN’T BREAK: He’s trying to break the cycle of social media addiction and stop checking his phone so often, but he kind of has to, doesn’t he?
ONE THEY’VE BROKEN: He’s finally managed to put sunblock on every time he goes out.
LOCATION: The beach behind his house in Malibu
SPORTS TEAM: Golden State Warriors on the West Coast, Boston Celtics on the East
GAME: He doesn’t play very many, probably Pokemon or Mario Kart because he used to play those with Isobel when they were younger
MUSIC: He loves just about every kind of music there is, including country and classical, and has the extraordinary luck of always finding something on the radio he likes
SHOWS: His favourite TV show is probably Game of Thrones, because it’s so dramatic and absorbing and it’s a show basically everyone else in the world watches so you’ll never run out of people to discuss it with
MOVIES: His all time favourite movie is also Isobel’s favourite movie, ‘Spirited Away’
RADIO STATION: He doesn’t have one, but his favourite Spotify playlist is the ‘Late Night Love’ one, or ‘Poolside Disco’.
FOOD: Jamie really loves Thai food, and has attempted to replicate his favourite dishes despite being absolutely shit at cooking. Mangoes are his favourite fruit. He also loves tapas.
BEVERAGE: A Moscow Mule if it’s alcoholic, good old water or cranberry-grape juice if it’s not
COLOR: A bright, sunny shade of orange
MORAL ALIGNMENT: Lawful Good, though he fancies himself Chaotic Neutral like his twin sister
MBTI: INFJ with some fluctuation between Thinking and Feeling
MBTI ROLE: The Advocate
ENNEAGRAM: Somewhere between Types One and Two
ENNEAGRAM ROLE: Between ‘The Helper’ and ‘The Reformer’
TEMPERAMENT: Melancholic
WESTERN ZODIAC: Taurus
CHINESE ZODIAC: Rooster
PRIMAL SIGN: Beaver
HOGWARTS HOUSE: Gryffindor or Hufflepuff
ILVERYMORNY HOUSE: Thunderbird
TAROT CARD: The World
TV TROPES: Boy Next Door, Creature of Habit, Sugar and Ice Personality, Pacifist, The Cynic, Guilt Complex, Broken Ace, Affectionate Nickname ( Jack ), Big Brother Instinct.
SONG: ( that represents them ) Bad Religion, by Frank Ocean
IDEOLOGIES: People deserve to be paid a livable wage for full time work, people deserve health insurance, everyone has the right to dignity, abortion is not murder, global warming is real and a serious threat, America is imperialist. Essentially the exact opposite of every view his father is running on, the views he has to publically support.
coffee or tea?
showering in the day or night?
taking baths or taking showers?
tv and movies
writing or reading?
platonic and romantic love
iced tea or lemonade?
ice cream or smoothies?
cupcakes or cake?
beach or mountains?
INSTAGRAM jamiemac ( his private instagram is brothernature )
TWITTER jamiemac, though he doesn’t use it particularly often
SNAPCHAT jamiepmac ( private, the ‘p’ is important )