Vanellope Von Schweetz is based on Vanellope from Wreck It Ralph. She is a 21 year old imaginary friend, auto body painter, and uses she/her pronouns. She has the power of glitching. Vanellope is portrayed by Maia Reficco.
vanellope doesn’t remember anything about her life before evermore. in fact, she basically assumes that she has grown up there her entire life. she had a small studio that was falling apart and no parents, but it was enough to get somewhere. she knew she loved to race and she knew her name and even though it was confusing trying to get a life together, she found a way to do it.
at first, she just followed her instincts. she tried to race. she was a natural on the course, it felt like a second home to her, but her being good didn’t give her an in with the group of people that raced there the most. she didn’t understand what was wrong with her; she thought she was a decent person. sometimes she laughed too loud, made a little too many jokes, and used sarcasm in casual conversation, but she didn’t think that made her unlikeable. then when the glitching started happening, everything got worse.
the glitches started coming to her out of nowhere. it would start like a dull hit to her head, then a complete blackout. it never lasted more than a few seconds at best, but the damage was always so much. it would be like her body was malfunctioning, like a computer with a virus, and she would be bouncing all over the place, her movements would stutter and twitch, and when it was done there was a good chance things were either knocked over or broken around her. they only grew worse and got to the point where whenever she tried to race, it would get catastrophic. crashing her car, her baby, was the last straw before she had to quit racing altogether.
vanellope will never ever forget the look on everyone’s faces when she pulled out. the relief and the joy. it stung harder than anything ever had before and it set her back for a while. for a little bit she just kind of...did nothing. she didn’t try to talk to people, she didn’t try to go out, and if she did go out, she drank until the sting was less prominent.
matt towe, the man who fixed her car, had left his number for her not long after her last crash and one day, hungover as hell, vanellope just gave him a call. that call probably saved her life. it led to her getting a job, to be able to be near cars, and even though it killed her inside that she wasn’t allowed to drive them, at least she was able to do something with them.
she honestly had never even thought that being an auto body painter would even be something she was good at. she loved the time, energy, and designing she spent on the lickety split (her nickname for her car), but she didn’t realize she was good at making cars look brand new and fresh. she spent her new free time learning how to paint some cool designs to put on her portfolio and before she knew it she had actual clients that liked what she was doing.
vanellope has ever tried to start sketching and painting outside of cars. she was gifted her first sketch book and canvases as a congratulations prize for getting her new job and they sat in the corner of her studio for months before she finally decided to give it a go. she has a long way to go, she is a little sloppy, but she is willing to put the work in because it has started to become a decent distraction.
now that she was finding herself again, vanellope has given up on the idea of being likeable and it just more focused on figuring out who she is as a person. the glitching hasn’t stopped, it’s not getting better, but she is slowly coming to terms with the fact that they are a part of her. she tried to be small and confide herself into a box to fit in but she is no longer interested in that. she will get loud when she is excited, she will make her stupid jokes and be the only one laughing; she will call people out when they are being mean and she won’t be anything less than who she is.
honestly, being rejected by most of her peers is fine with her as long as she has ralph. that guy has been her rock since the day the two of them met. he is impulsive and clingy sometimes, sure, but he has always believed in van more than anyone and that makes him her number one hero. matt a second for offering her a second chance.
she is really trying to get a handle on her glitching. since no one can actually help her on that front she knows it is something she has to deal with all by herself. the only thing she has some sort of grasp on is that when she is at her most insecure, they are worse. so she fakes it till she makes it, even though that can only do so much. memories also seem to take her over the edge. she used to want to know what her past was, but now she wants nothing to do with it.
vanellope is very into video games. first person shooter type styles are her favorite because she can blow off the most steam that way, but she likes a nice cozy game here and there. her second favorite place to be is at the arcade, beating everyone’s high scores. it is a personal goal to have her scores be everywhere.
they don’t have much of a social media presence, but they are working on it. honestly, they don’t see the point in posting pictures to make others feel weird, at least it has made her feel weird, but she does like the idea of immortalizing her good days somewhere.
she recently started getting into music and she has to say, it has changed her mood for the better. she really loves hyperpop and the way it makes her brain feel, but she loves rock and alternative music a lot too. they help her understand her feelings better because otherwise she got no clue where to even start. her favorite accessory is her noise canceling headphones.
she has a very notorious sweet tooth. candy is the best way to get her to do most things she does not want to do. her favorites are MILK chocolate, jawbreakers, lollipops, nerds, and anything that isn’t taffy or thin mints basically.
van would love to try another sport or some sort of activity like it. she really likes the idea of rollerblading but with her glitch she has been too scared to try it out. she bought a pair of skates, but she has yet to even take them out of the box.
she’s become a bit of fan of the night life recently. even when she’s glitching it doesn’t seem to provide as much of a disastrous result in a club because people are already doing reckless things. she likes her shots and she’s tried a few different pills here and there...but some of them make the glitching worse so she tries to steer clear for the most part.
she does however vape a LOT. smoking in general seems to calm her more than anything else does and she is working her way up to being a professional stoner on the side.
she has never been hugely into fashion, but she does clearly have her own style. a little cute, a little edgy, and all her.
she will never ever admit this, but her stuffed animal collection is huge. she loves them. the squishier the better. if she sees a claw machine, she is playing until she wins a new stuffy.
she is a thrill seeker to her core. she loves tackling anything new and doesn’t let her fear overtake her when it comes to doing things, even if they are dangerous.
when it comes to romance and relationships, she is very emotionally closed off. she doesn't know her sexuality, she has never kissed anyone in her life, and even though she wants more friends and she wants to find her people, she has zero idea how to express that.
