aesthetic Β β Β always having to be the loudest voice in the room even if they have nothing to say. needing to be liked. focusing on what was instead of what is. sunflowers in glittery vases. charcoal covered hands. a mess of gorgeous chaos. the sun shining through storm clouds. hesitate, then lie. a face straight out of myths. eyes that have seen too much. black coffee and sprinkle donuts. clever as the devil and twice as petty. telling yourself things have to get better. mirrored sunglasses. failure as a state of being. infamy follows in your wake.
compare to : samantha jones ( sex and the city ) gabrielle solis ( desperate housewives ), serena van der woodsen ( gossip girl ), haley dunphy ( modern family ), tom haverford ( parks and recreation ), jackie burkhart ( that 70β²s show ), cordelia chase ( buffy the vampire slayer ), rogelio de la vega ( jane the virgin ), han solo ( star wars ), penny ( the big bang theory ). cece parekh ( new girl )
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β ooc
hello all! iβm ali (29, est, she/her), and iβm definitely excited to get things going here! iβm a teacher so my hours vary greatly, but iβm very excited to get things going here!! lemme know if youβd like to plot anything out!
β basics
( Β jenny boyd, Β cisfemale and she/her Β ) isnβt that EMERSON MONROE? truthfully, Β iβm surprised theyβve last this long considering theyβre Β SELFISH, Β but i suppose them being CHARISMATIC evens it out. Β is that a crowbar theyβre carrying ? Β i heard the thirty year old is laying low by themselves, Β while the apocalypse passes.
name : emerson may monroe
nicknames : emerson, em
age : 30
sexual orientation : pansexual
gender identity : cisfemale, she/her
spoken languages : english, conversational french
former occupation : model
family : lili monroe ( mother, deceased post-apocalypse, unknown ), charles monroe ( father, deceased pre-apocalypse ), alexander monroe ( older brother, alive, unknown )
positive traits : confident, charismatic, adaptable, ambitious
negative traits : selfish, arrogant, stubborn, flighty
emerson monroe was the second child born into what was already a happy household. charlie & lili had been married with a child long before emerson came around. alexander was already fourteen before em (their surprise, miracle baby) was born. the family had another three years of happiness before tragedy struck in the form of a heart attack when charles young was only forty-six. without him, emβs mother was lost. emersonβs aunt, june, moved in shortly after to help take care of things.
her mother never really recovered from it. she slowly drank herself to death over the next decade leaving emerson with only her aunt for comfort. but by that time, emerson had already considered her aunt her parent anyways. she barely even remembers a time when she had her real parents as more than a photograph or a drunken mess in the bathroom. june was honestly the best parent emerson could have asked for. she always made sure to tell her aunt that too.
emerson was βdiscoveredβ by a modeling agency when she was seventeen and she spent the next few years in new york pursuing that career. although she wasnβt quite a household name, she had been featured in quite a few well known ads before everything happened. she was well on her way to becoming a full celebrity when the world went to shit. itβs something sheβs still quite upset about and brings up often.
despite going into modeling, drawing is the one thing that emerson always thought she was best in. she had considered some sort of career in art or something similar for once her looks couldnβt get her any further in life, but thatβs all gone to shit now. her art used to tend towards fantastical designs and contemporary pieces. she liked to shock people with her art, though not through gore or anything of the like, but in the strange and otherworldly. she liked to incorporate a mix of nature and muted colors to evoke a sense of wonder and weirdness. although itβs impractical, she does keep a prized sketchbook and pencils in her bag still.
em was in new york when the world as she knew it ended. there was a fashion show she was supposed to appear in and some award show to make an appearance at, but she never made them. it was after the world ended that she began to realize that she was in deep trouble on her own. emerson basically latched on to the first protector-type she found. honestly, em was lucky she hadnβt met a rather unfortunate end considering everything else going on around her and considering her distinct lack of survival skills. although her skills have improved some since then, she certainly still wouldnβt survive on her own. em would sacrifice most people for her own safety tbh.
sheβs honestly bitter on the end of the world like girl had so much going for her and now she hasnβt had a manicure in longer than she cares to admit, and she could really use a hair straightener. emerson used to try to focus on what the future could hold, but itβs hard when all she sees now is death.
she made it across the united states with her protector person and is roaming around the los angeles area with him. em really wants a place where she can belong again, but she knows she doesnβt belong in this new world.
β random headcanons
emerson has a cartier watch that once belonged to a fellow model she was seeing when she was working in new york. after the woman cheated on her with a designer, emerson took the watch in revenge. it became one of her prized possessions.
emerson grew up surrounded by science fiction as her father was a huge fan of the genre. her mom continued the tradition after he passed and made emerson watch it with her during her few sober moments. although she never liked it as a child, she ended up liking it more through the years especially after her mother passed too. sheβs still quite the nerd, though she tries to hide it under a fabulous exterior.
she still cares far too much about her appearance considering everything else going on in the world. she still devours fashion magazines when she can and tries to keep looking as good as she can, though she understands the need for practicality too ( to a certain extent ).
