Sylvia's Bio
Mun: Hi! So, this is long overdue! I've had this character for at least 9 years, went through about 3 renditions of her, and had this particular blog of her for at least 7 years. I had her bio as a "page" but never as a "post," so rectifying that now so I can pin it! (The link has been in my blog description as well, but that link only works on the desktop, not mobile).
So anyway, enjoy this backstory on my OC for Nick's mom, Sylvia Wilde!
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About Sylvia
-Age: 56
-Zodiac Sign: Gemini
-Favorite Color(s): Pastel blue and pastel pink
-Likes: Gardening, spring, music, taking care of her son
-Dislikes: Prejudice, discrimination, her son getting into trouble
Sylvia Wilde is a single parent who raised her kit, Nicholas Piberius Wilde, on her own.
I’ve used Sylvia before. Previously, I developed her background such that her husband was still alive, but had left the family because he’d gotten involved in dirty-dealings with mob mammals. Neither she nor Nick knew where he was. I had also crafted my own OC idea of who her husband was and what he was like.
In bringing her back, I’ve decided to revamp her story. For this Sylvia, her husband is very much John Wilde, the character that ended up on the cutting room floor from previous Zootopia storyboards.
Sylvia grew up in a rural town, but moves to Zootopia to pursue her dream of being a musician when she’s in her late teens. During that time, she meets John (a new bright-eyed and bushy-tailed resident of the city), who immediately becomes smitten with her and tells her of his own dream to be a business owner of a clothing line. After dating for a couple of years, they soon marry and settle down in a townhouse in the heart of the city. It’s not too much later that Sylvia gives birth to Nicholas, their only son.
John tries to instill good faith and hard work in Nicholas for the few years that he’s around, and he often worked two or three jobs himself just to make ends meet for his family.
I do still hold the headcanon that John he got mixed up with some of the wrong crowds to provide for his family, but it did not work in his favor. He ends up dying after what the ZPD called, “an accident,” but Sylvia knows better. Still, she tries to protect her son from the details of what really happened to his father–that mammals who were prejudiced against predators–foxes in particular–and most likely with a vendetta against John, were behind the job. This happens when Nick is about five years old–a couple of months from his sixth birthday.
Sylvia is able to shield Nick from the cruelties of the world as much as she can until he’s about nine when he attempts to join the Jr. Ranger Scouts and wxperiences the incident where he is bullied for being a fox.
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Sylvia is kind and caring. She’s very much a maternal figure to practically anyone who crosses her path and is willing to help those in need. She has a calming spirit, but she’s also stern and can be scary and intimidating when she needs to be. She would do anything for her baby, and is not afraid to rip into anyone who threatens him. She’s always encouraged her Nick to put his mind to anything, and to take pride in who he is.
She has several siblings, as vulpine are often able to birth in litters. But she herself, unfortunately, was only able to birth one kit. She had a very rough pregnancy with Nicholas. She and John had trouble getting pregnant prior to Nick’s conception, so he is very much their miracle kit.
After John dies, Sylvia often takes up two to three jobs herself, relying on friends of the family to watch Nicholas when she’s busy. She has a garden and loves flowers. She’s also able to play the piano and had dreams of being a famous pianist when she was younger. She still does so as a hobby and loves singing lullabies to her little Nicholas.
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Between John’s death and the Ranger Scouts incident, things become harder on Nick. He starts staying out later, not always telling his mother where he’s going. It gets worse as he gets older and is exposed to more prejudices of the world, and she becomes more worried about him and what he’s getting involved with. Eventually, a huge fight leads to Nick leaving home when he’s a teenager. He takes up hustling, against his mother’s wishes, but he does leave envelopes of money from his jobs in her mailbox to help her make ends meet.
However, she doesn’t hear from him in person until years later, after he joins the ZPD as their first fox.
And she couldn’t be more proud of him.
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Voice Sample: Pylicia Rashad
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