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♤ && ABOUT THE MUN.
NAME/ALIAS: Lucy PRONOUNS: She/her AGE/TIMEZONE: 23 ACTIVITY LEVEL: 6 :)
♤ && ABOUT THE CHARACTER
FULL NAME: Danielle ‘Dani’ Helene Schuester FACECLAIM: Elena Satine AGE/BIRTHDAY: 28 - April 24th BIRTH ORDER: Oldest TYPE: Solo PRONOUNS: She/Her ORIENTATION: Panromantic & Pansexual
♤ && WE’RE ALL ABOUT FAMILY
PARENTAL INFORMATION: Will Schuester & Emma Pillsbury PARENTAL OCCUPATION: Father - Teacher & Mother - School Councillor HOW MANY MEMBERS ARE ALLOWED: 4 HALF/FULL/STEP: Full siblings
♤ && WHO MADE YOU WHO YOU ARE
OCCUPATION: Smyrna Theatre STATUS: Full Time POSITION: Cleaner ANYTHING ELSE: Freelance Photographer
♤ && STORY OF MY LIFE:
Self Harm TW Dani takes after her parents in the creative department, and though she was certain her father wished she’d gained his singing talents, he was always sure to tell her how proud he was whatever she did, and as long as she was happy doing it, then both her mother and father would be right behind her all the way. This wasn’t an attitude they had just gained though, no, they had always told this to Dani, that whatever she wanted to do in life, it had to make her happy, and that was all that they cared about. It was even a constant through her life when she had come to the realisation at a young age that being born a boy, just wasn’t who she was, it didn’t match who she was on the inside.
The signs began to show when Danielle was just a child, and though her parents weren’t really sure on what to do, they kept trying things, reading on parental books, wondering if they’d gone wrong somewhere along the line, and because Dani was their first, everything was brand new to the Schuester parents. It only got worse for Danielle the older she got, her interests in the arts even began to faulter and depression struck her hard. Will and Emma were at a loss, their little 'boy’ was struggling with something, and all they could do was watch on as she spiralled further and further into a darkness. At the age of fourteen, Dani hit a knew low. Whilst being bullied in the hallway at school, obscenities flung her way, Danielle had left school abruptly, the internal war inside of her was winning, and after running all the way home to an empty house, Danielle did the unthinkable.
At the hospital, after a neighbour heard her cries for help, Will and Emma finally realised what was going on with their 'son’. Danielle had cut herself, in places that would rid herself of all of her problems, but it didn’t, it just caused her more pain, and issues that could only worsen the situation she was in now, but luckily her parents had a bit of a clue, they’d heard their childs cry for help, and the only thing for them to do now was treat their 'son’, like the daughter she really was. The small changes that started from that point on had big affects on Danielle’s life, and though after school had found out all about her, and the mixed reactions she gained, she quickly learned not to care, because as her parents always told her, as long as she was happy, they’d be right there behind her, and with that, she didn’t care what anyone else thought.
High School did become harder though, transitioning with the typical struggles of a teenager weren’t the easiest to deal with, but her love for art and design became a big crutch for her, but with the friends she actually did make, everything came with ease, even when her depression crippled her and her body dysmorphia was at its worst, she had her parents, her siblings and friends that didn’t make her want to quit. After graduation, Danielle decided to take a couple years out of education, focus solely on transitioning and the direction of her life was going, she had to get things right, she had one shot to become the woman she needed to be, and this was it. She often felt guilty, and still does to this day, about how much her parents put towards her treatments, and though she did her own part to it, raising money and getting odd jobs to save up, she thanks her parents daily for those precious years of her life in which they did everything to understand and help her.
Dani decided that leaving the state for college would be the best thing for her, and though her parents worried about her being out in the world, they knew that if it was what Dani wanted, then they would allow her the freedom to do what she needed. During her college years, that was the time that Dani really flourished into a young woman, she gained friends, and a couple of relationships, she was finally a confident young woman that she knew she deserved to be, but things began to crumble after college ended. Dani bounced between jobs, she struggled to keep herself afloat, even when her parents wired her money to ensure that their daughter could live, but now a few years later, Dani had finally returned back to Smyrna after losing touch with everyone but her family, hoping to work and save up money to make it on her own once more, to get out from under her parents caring wings and to show them that she’s able to live a happy and stable life in the world alone.