#type: development

[lindsayrps]

nell howard development

BASIC INFORMATION

FULL NAME: eleanor jane howard NICKNAME(S): nell, mostly, or some variation thereof. she's heard el and lea, though. PREFERRED NAME(S): nell BIRTH DATE: october 6 AGE: twenty five GENDER: cis female PRONOUNS: she/hers ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: heteroromantic SEXUAL ORIENTATION: heterosexual NATIONALITY: american ETHNICITY: white CURRENT LOCATION: dependent on work placement. LIVING CONDITIONS: again, dependent on work placement so varies. sometimes airbnb, sometimes extended stay hotels.

BACKGROUND

BIRTH PLACE: eden, new york HOMETOWN: eden, new york SOCIAL CLASS: middle EDUCATION LEVEL: bachelor's of science in nursing + registered nurse FATHER: john howard MOTHER: caroline howard SIBLING(S): robert "robbie" howard (14) + thomas howard (deceased) BIRTH ORDER: thomas, nell, robbie CHILDREN: none yet PET(S): her boyfriend's cat, harry. none OTHER IMPORTANT RELATIVES: none PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: no lol. she's dated some, wouldn't necessarily consider many, if any, of them relationships of any great importance. ARRESTS?: none PRISON TIME?: none

OCCUPATION & INCOME

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: travel nurse SECONARY SOURCE OF INCOME: none CONTENT WITH THIEIR JOB (OR LACK THEREOF)?: mostly, just wants to transition from travel to a permanent position somewhere. PAST JOB(S): waitress, retail cashier SPENDING HABITS: fairly frugal. it's got to fit in her suitcase otherwise she can't bring it with her when she leaves.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: she's not struggling to lift marginally heavy things but she's no body builder either SPEED: decent INTELLIGENCE: average in general, slightly higher when it comes to medically related things ACCURACY: slightly above average AGILITY: decent STAMINA: thanks to extensive hospital shifts: she's good TEAMWORK: exceptionally high but she's never not worked well with other people TALENTS: problem solving, researching, caring for others SHORTCOMINGS: too sensitive, has a hard time delegating tasks, not super trusting, holds herself back from things she wants (specifically relationships) due to perceived pitfalls/not wanting to get hurt LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english, spanish, fumbling her way through duolingo's french course DRIVE?: yes but doesn't JUMP START A CAR?: no CHANGE A FLAT TIRE?: no RIDE A BICYCLE?: yes SWIM?: yes PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?: violin from her youth v but christ alive don't make her do it PLAY CHESS?: yes BRAID HAIR?: yes TIE A TIE?: yes PICK A LOCK?: no

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE & CHARACTERISTICS

FACE CLAIM: lucy boynton EYE COLOR: green HAIR COLOR: blonde GLASSES/CONTACTS?: yes, mostly wears contacts but if she doesn't have to be at work, she'll wear her glasses. DOMINANT HAND: right HEIGHT: 5'4 BUILD: average, maybe on the skinnier side EXERCISE HABITS: mostly walking everywhere, not super fond of the gym / gym bros SKIN TONE: pale, even TATTOOS: thomas' initials on the side of her wrist PIERCINGS: ears MARKS/SCARS: half inch vertical scar on the outside of her right foot from when she stepped on a wide, upright metal comb NOTABLE FEATURES: big bambi eyes USUAL EXPRESSION: happy CLOTHING STYLE: casual and comfortable. oversized tshirts (that may or may not be hers), hoodies, shorts, sundresses, anything floral or with a pattern, layers, mismatched items (shorts + hoodie, jeans + tank top), converse, docs, sneakers JEWELRY: minimal and dainty, nothing too terribly dangly. earrings, necklace, a ring ALLERGIES: none DIET: everything in moderation. if you think she's going to deprive herself of pasta you're mistaken. PHYSICAL AILMENTS: none

PSYCHOLOGY

ENNEGRAM TYPE: type 2: the helper MORAL ALIGNMENT: lawful good TEMPERAMENT: sanguine ELEMENT: water MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: anxiety SOCIABILITY: highly sociable. what's the opposite of black cat girlfriend? that's nell. EMOTIONAL STABILITY: fairly stable, has her moments though, usually when she's overwhelmed. OBSESSION(S): none COMPULSION(S): none PHOBIA(S): none ADDICTION(S): none DRUG USE: no ALCOHOL USE: socially but not a lot PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: no

MANNERISMS

SPEECH STYLE: formal at work, casual otherwise. ACCENT: comparatively, probably, but she would say she doesn't have one. QUIRKS: none that stand out HOBBIES: crochet, crosswords, nature walks, baking, reading NERVOUS TICKS: chews on her lip or nails DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: feeling loved/valued in friendships/relationships, protecting herself/her loved ones, taking care of others. FEARS: first and foremost: something happening to robbie, and then the usuals: failure, rejection, loneliness. being in a plane crash. POSITIVE TRAITS: sociable, caring, adventurous, optimistic, reliable NEGATIVE TRAITS: sensitive, guarded, self-critical SENSE OF HUMOR: fairly light DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: not going to punctuate every other word with a cuss but when it's necessary, sure.

FAVOURITES

ACTIVITY: anything she can do with friends ANIMAL: tie between cats and dogs BEVERAGE: coffee BOOK: the mill on the floss COLOR: phthalo green FOOD: cinnamon buns FLOWER: hydrangeas GEM: alexandrite HOLIDAY: halloween (yes it counts) MODE OF TRANSPORTATION: walking/subway MOVIE: titanic MUSICAL ARTIST: noah kahan SCENERY: she'll take anything, she likes it all. SCENT: elliot 😋 SPORT: not super big on sports but she'll adopt whichever one her friends like most SPORTS TEAM: see above TELEVISION SHOW: ted lasso WEATHER: man tie between summer and fall VACATION DESTINATION: anywhere away from work

ATTITUDES

GREATEST DREAM: just having complete ownership over her life and being happy with the decisions she's made GREATEST FEAR: losing robbie, not even, like, permanently but in general. MOST AT EASE WHEN: around elliot / her friends. LEAST AT EASE WHEN: around her parents. in some twisted way she supposes she still loves them because they're her parents but man alive she's been LC since she was 18 and it's the best thing she's ever done. the only reason she's not NC is her brother. WORST POSSIBLE THING THAT COULD HAPPEN: losing robbie, anything happening to her friends/elliot, losing her job BIGGEST REGRET: not fighting to take robbie with her when she could. BIGGEST SECRET: doesn't really fuck with secrets if you know her so, yanno. TOP PRIORITIES: her people, her job, being happy and content with her life

[lindsayrps]

jack elliott, 40, actor, luke kirby

jack gregory elliott was born three years before the great war, second youngest of four with two brothers, one older and one younger, and an older sister to a slightly below middle class family in missouri. jack's father died six months after the start of the war. his mother refused to remarry, moving jack and his siblings, as well as herself, out to california to live with an aunt. his childhood is average.

jack's first brush with acting came at the hand's of his aunt, tasked with minding jack and his siblings while his mom worked, who brought them along to her local theatre group every other week. while he was too young, he sat on the sidelines but eventually joined in sporadically in his teens. he joined low budget movies on open casting calls not long after, getting his feet wet in the business to see how it worked despite not really being committed to acting as a career.

his big break came in the form of a pre-code drama movie in 1932 opposite loretta young. quickly, and in spite of being appreciative of being given the chance, he decides that drama was not what he wanted to do and makes a beeline for something with considerably more substance: thrillers and horror.

it's in thrillers and horror that jack really makes his name, becomes known for his work. jack rarely, if ever, plays the "good" guy, always preferring villains and those who are morally questionable, some who get what's coming to them and some who get away with it. any character he plays who's on the metaphorical right side of things is often doing questionable things to stay there or to get the result being sought after.

jack has been married thrice since 1936; first marriage lasted four years ('36-'40), second lasted three ('40-'43) and his third, and current ('44-present), is a lavender marriage to conceal the fact that his wife, an actress, is a lesbian in order to protect her from her studio's morality clause. it's an open secret amongst those closest to jack, though he does well to keep his affairs on the quieter side of things all the same. there are no children to speak of.

backing it up a bit: by the time the united states joined the war effort in '41, jack had already been conscripted into the air force during peacetime a year prior. he didn't know a lick about planes or combat practices and was 100% a conscientious objector due to his pacifistic nature. unfortunately jack was among the more than half of the 70k conscientious objectors who had their requests denied by the draft board. by the time his initial training was done, he knew more about planes, a little about combat practices and was still a conscientious objector. jack served two tours in the european theatre, saw v-e day, promptly came back to america and said Never Again.

his career picks up even more after '45, after all, who wouldn't want a "war hero" in their movies? it's around '46 that he meets caroline devon, who becomes a frequent collaborator with him during the next five years. caroline is, thusfar, the only co-star he's ever had who challenges him; they work well together and have fantastic chemistry with each other (on and off screen).

jack's got a dry sense of humour, a mischievous streak a mile long, smokes like a chimney (who doesn't?) and has perfected the early iterations of the kubrick stare before it becomes the kubrick stare.

despite a filmography that might contradict it, jack isn't all doom and gloom. he likes art and he's big on entertaining others and very opposite of the characters he portrays.

[mollyrps]

thank you for the venom ;; a silas rosales playlist ( x ) 

[noszkass]

[noszkass]

i’m a wanted man ─ a holden delacroix playlist.

listen.

[allisonargentful]

every student needs a teacher. but sometimes, both teacher and student find themselves learning more than anticipated. (a henry x alaina playlist)

i. kiss tomorrow goodbye - luke bryan // ii. ring of fire - jack savoretti // iii. all this time - onerepublic // iv. can't help falling in love - ingrid michaelson // v. young and beautiful - lana del ray // vi. daylight (cover) - boyce avenue // vii. fix you (cover) - boyce avenue ft. tyler ward // viii. wanted - hunter hayes // ix. goodnight moon - go radio // x. the ladder - andrew belle // xi. kiss me - ed sheeran //

[selecaos]

cut off all of your hair.  did you flinch, did you care?  did he look, did he stop and stare at your brand new hair?

shit sorry i forgot the cut, now bits of alice's app are under the cut:

It doesn't work when the yelling stops, when your mother stops yelling and just leaves.  Covering your ears doesn't work when there's nothing to block out and everything comes rushing at you from all directions.  Your mother isn't there to sigh when you come running in with bruised knees or to yell at you when you (accidentally) set the curtains on fire.

The poor Prewett girl, whose mother didn't care enough to stick around.

(Now you close your eyes and cover your ears so you can't see the pitying looks, so you can't hear their pitying words.)

You hold your tongue when people insult your mother, because to do otherwise is rude, and she's just gone for now.  She'll come back soon, every time she leaves she comes back and that's the important part.  Your mother always comes back, like a boomerang, she's a boomerang.  Even if (when, it's not an if, it's never been an if, even if you and your father didn't want to admit to it, it was never an if) she leaves, she'll always come back.  Your father always bends down in front of you, brushes your hair out of your eyes, and tells you that she'll be back, it's just for now.  It always lingers in the air, that it is not her fault, never her fault.  Nobody's fault except her mother's.

Except you can't help but blame yourself, a little bit.

You shut your eyes and cover your ears, pretending not to see the looks, hear what they're saying, and pretending that everything isn't your fault.

When she comes back, nearly a year later, everything goes back to normal.  Except you hate her a little bit (you're nine and a half and you hate your mother with almost all of your little body), you flinch away when she tries to touch you and you don't understand how your parents can go back to normal.

Or at least, the version of normal that fits your parents.  They are cordial, always have been cordial, always will be cordial.  (They aren't in love, haven't been in love for years but it's not like they're at each other's throats, they're just comfortably cordial.)

You don't understand, but it works and your parents seem content enough with the way everything is.  They were betrothed, then married, then had a child quickly thereafter and they were stuck together.  It's not a perfect love story, nobody has those, and they're the reason you're disillusioned (with life, with love, with people).

You suppose that you understand, but how quiet (or loud, depending on the day) is nerve wracking, but becomes the norm.  It's not normal, how easily you adjust to your parents and how they aren't cold, but aren't necessarily warm.  How you become accustomed to and think it's the norm (for everyone) and how you wind up adding to the terse, cordial atmosphere by letting it define you.

Your home life isn't the best, but it isn't the worst by any stretch of the imagination.  It just isn't the best by any means.

there'll be a fuckton more (apologies to kass and alex given that i'm already at like 700 words oops)