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[flourish_or_perish]

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Faye Valentine | flourish_or_perish | 24 years old (or 78) | Cowboy Bebop | Townie

"It's the best. Belonging is the very best thing there is."

from space in 2071, and an alternate reality where there was a catastrophic space accident in the early 21st century that rendered Earth largely uninhabitable.

was cryogenically frozen after an accident in 2014, and thawed out in 2068 when the technology was available to save her. Because nothing in life is fair, particularly if you're Faye, this service wasn't exactly done gratis -- she is severely, severely in debt, because she accumulated medical bills those 54 years she was asleep.

naturally, she has absolutely no memory of anything before she woke up. Everything Faye knows is from the last three and a half or so years. Even her name is fake -- she knows her first name is Faye, but 'Valentine' was what the doctor who treated her named her. (Don't worry about things like how she can read and is a great pilot. Shh.)

she also became immediately romantically involved with one of the guys who woke her up, a charming dude named Whitney who told her that he fell in love with her while she slept, and yes there are a ton of Sleeping Beauty allusions, thanks for asking. Anyway, he totally blew up in an explosion, for real, but before he did, he transferred all his assets to Faye. And by assets, I mean his absolutely bonkers amount of debt.

she didn't go like, confirm that there was a dead, exploded body or anything, though.

none of this will ever be relevant, of course.

what will be relevant at all times is that Faye is a thief! Let me know if you want her to lightly lift something belonging to you -- she is not discerning at all.

totally Chaotic Neutral in the highest order. Self-destructive, largely selfishly-motivated, prone to tantrums and whining about unfairness while always looking to stack the deck in her own favor.

generally acts like a total airhead, but she's a lot smarter than she lets on.

also a bounty hunter and a pretty good shot for it, as well as a gifted pilot.

has a spaceship, the Red Tail, which she keeps parked in the junkyard. It seats one, but she can get creative with it.

pretty much only getting creative with it with stykera these days.

totally, totally into him, and actually sort of able to admit it now.

which does not mean she won't do her best to eventually set this thing on fire, because see above re: walking chaos

will apparently look like this in her live-action adaptation, coming in November!

which is a lot more conservative than her anime outfit, but also, you know, possible for an actual human woman to wear.

please feel free to assume she is wearing something that shows off her body in some capacity, because she always, always is.

her face is Daniella Pineda, and her hair is actually purple -- it's not just a "stylizing black hair as purple because it's a cartoon" thing.

honestly, Cowboy Bebop is the only one of my three canons I can enthusiastically recommend without any reservations or caveats, and the anime is both short and complete. Hit me up if you're watching before the live-action adaptation comes to Netflix and I will happily flail with you about these wonderful characters and the best opening credits sequence ever animated and set to music.

works at Wellspring Arms on Tuesdays!




Annie January | defenderofdesmoines | 23 years old | The Boys | Townie

"If you jump ship and let the assholes steer, then you're part of the problem."

totally your average, normal, pretty girl-next-door from Des Moines, Iowa.

JK, she's also a superhero named Starlight.

because Annie hails from a world very, very, very much like ours -- including our current pop-culture focus on superheroes! -- except imagine if everyone in the MCU was real. Still making movies, still going on Jimmy Fallon, but actual superheroes. (Though Annie's team aligns to the Justice League more than the Avengers, but we are finally getting our Captain America analogue in season 3!)

currently on the other side of the two available seasons of canon, which means that she spends part of her week in her own version of New York City with her team, The Seven, fighting crime and posing for pictures to put on lunchboxes and recording horrific power ballad music videos.

powers include the ability to harness electricity from nearby objects (typically lights, but she can also pull from televisions, cell phones, et cetera. If it has a charge or a battery, she can use it) and shoot the energy out of her hands in big bright UV blasts. These blasts are blinding, hot, and deadly if she doesn't watch it, though most of the time we just see her using them to propel bad dudes away from her.

on the bright (bah-dum-tss) side, she can use this ability for pretty much anything that requires light or heat, too -- she can cauterize wounds, set fires, toast a Pop Tart, use her hand as a flashlight, et cetera.

her eyes light up bright yellow and glowy when she uses these powers, no matter what the duration.

she also has invulnerable skin and super-strength (she can lift about 800 pounds), traits shared by all super-abled people in her universe.

punched a superpowered Nazi pretty recently. She's never gonna not be proud of it.

personality-wise, very sweet, caring and well-meaning, and less naïve than she was a few months ago but still very idealistic and willing to see the best in people. Incredibly touchy-feely with her loved ones. Generally, however, doesn't have much of a problem telling people when she thinks they're out of line.

pretty much the only decent person on her team back home -- the closest thing she has to a friend is an acerbic alcoholic analogue of Wonder Woman. She's been physically assaulted by all four living male members of her team, and was sexually assaulted her first day of work by her universe's version of Aquaman, 'cause you know. Why even have nice things?

raised Catholic, kind of newly on the other side of a crisis of faith, and generally pretty discreet about her religion these days save for how she'll occasionally wear a little gold cross.

dating knife_bender, whom she also lives with. They're insufferable about each other. Please get several rooms, guys.

also bartends at the Devil's Nest on Mondays!




Irene Adler | begmetwice | 31 years old | Sherlock | Townie

"I make my way in the world. I misbehave. I like to know people will be on my side exactly when I need them to be."

from London, circa 2012.

...by way of Fandom, in 2014-2015. She originally came to town because she had quite pissed off some quite powerful people, and was totally going to be beheaded in Pakistan when Sherlock Holmes, Apparent Knower of Everything, saved her ass and shipped her off to this safe, safe little town.

she left for what she thought was a couple months, but it was actually six years, oops.

anyway my point is that she's pretty far removed from canon at this point, but the broad strokes are that she worked as a very high-end, very sought after dominatrix, and used that position to take some compromising photos of some of her clients.

one of them was absolutely one Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and gosh but the Royal Family did not like that. (Irene has been L I V I N G for all things Meghan since she landed in 2021, natch.)

if you are interested in her services as a dominatrix...let me know. We might be able to work something out.

identifies as a lesbian, though she has one huge, gaping, Benedict Cumberbatch-shaped exception.

extremely put-together -- always wearing designer clothes, typically dresses and skirts and high heeled shoes, and always has her hair piled up on her head in a fancy-ass style unless I mention otherwise.

owner of Dite's Decadent Delights, and lives above the shop. Let me know if you want a job!

not shy and very frank about sex and taboos in general, but also not unkind -- she's here to be sort of sexy fairy godmother, so if you ever have anything you're shopping for at Dite's (or if you want anything in particular to happen for your character in terms of education/advice/help/etc), please let me know!




Erin | 34 years old | Midwest Weirdo

"Quotes are for dumb people who can't think of something intelligent to say on their own."

look at that abominably large number there and remember that I originally joined this game at 18. Yeah.

I live in west Michigan, so I'm on Eastern time!

substitute teacher by day, which means I mostly make sure I'm pronouncing names right, show the same movie five or so times in one day, and monitor kids' choices of Hangman words.

I also own and operate a small retro arcade with my husband, which means that I occasionally will disappear on you and then return to complain about how this giant man doesn't understand that his much smaller wife is not the best choice for partners when it comes to moving these behemoth machines.

but I'm also pretty good at pinball and getting increasingly great at Dragon's Lair, as a result.

with all that being said, I'm typically around from Before the Sun Comes Up Oh God in the morning until somewhere between 6-8 PM Eastern. I love me some SP but I generally don't keep bar/party/coffee shop small talk threads going into a second day on my own -- give me a nudge if I ever drop something you wanted to continue!

I'm way less anxious about emails these days, and I'm in the Discord a lot. If you're ever talking to me on Discord and I seem to be totally ignoring you while still obviously pinging somewhere, shoot me an email -- I'm probably at a school that's got Discord blocked and/or cell signal dampeners. (High schools are wily!)

Comments

[sharp_man]

It occurs to me that Faye still has a lot of silverware, if you ever want to do anything with that.

It also occurs to me that Faye seems to be making enemies of all my boys (or them of her). XD

[defenderofdesmoines]

Ahahaha I actually figured that silver was long, long gone since she apparently made it out of the hole without anyone ever saying anything about it. :) I mean, if Faye had her way, it was sold on Mars weeks ago.

And it is poooossible your boys are some of the few who have really suffered at the hands of Faye and her temperament, lol.

[sharp_man]

I'm so honored. XD She'll have to pick on Jon, too; go for the trifecta!