CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR,
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listed below are characters that make regular appearances on @someotherdog. muse for the following is generally high.
the châtelaine of all this decay.
BARBARA 'BARBIE' GOODWIN. 33 (26-33). she/her. mayoral secretary from encantadora, california. perpetual good girl that’s really only good because she’s depressed and isolated, not so much about morals. though she’s got those too, don’t worry. daughter of a biker and an alcoholic; dad rode by the bike and died by the bike. takes care of her mother more than she takes care of herself, only slightly bitter about that fact. has a horrible track record with relationships, but she’s trying… only problem is her ex-boyfriend daniel keeps popping back up in her life. canon verse: normal, crime. secondary verses: uss helena, necropolis, cucuys, apocalypse, horror, 70s-90s.
BARBIE is a PRIMARY character portrayed by CANDICE PATTON, with open avaibility for plotting and shipping.
i'm just a ghost out of his grave.
BINYAMIN 'BENNY' KATZER. 24 (21-26). he/they. i.t. specialist from santa cruz, california. the rare final boy, the only one to survive after a serial killer hunted down his friends while they were on a college road trip. is only slightly still fucked up because of it. formally a nerd and mama’s boy, though he’s still one underneath it all. guarded because of the massacre and the merciless bullying he suffered in grade school. blends into the crowd as best he can, but still sometimes gets recognized by true crime fans. can’t stand when people say his name wrong, just call him benny. younger brother to tovah. canon verse: horror/slasher, normal. secondary verses: necropolis, uss helena, supernatural, apocalypse.
BENNY is a PRIMARY character portrayed by AUSTIN ABRAMS, with open availability for plotting and limited avaibility for shipping.
where angels fear to tread, you go rushing in.
WILLIAM 'BILL' LIM. 35 (29-37). he/him. gang member from los angeles, california. grew up mormon in utah, but never really believed in the religion that much in the first place. kicked out of his home at 18 because he was such a bad mormon. didn’t realize he had such a thirst for power until he joined the lobos locos, but now only wants to make it to the top. sometimes way too quiet and sometimes way too loud. self-serving but also has the occasional sense of loyalty, mostly to his little sister, serena. has a problem with not spending money the second he gets it. canon verse: crime, normal. secondary verses: necropolis, uss helena, cucuys, supernatural, apocalypse, horror, 70s-90s.
BILL is a PRIMARY character portrayed by LEWIS TAN, with open availability for plotting and shipping.
yet i saw crypts when i looked at him.
BLAIR WINESAP. 27 (22-29). he/him. bookshop employee from robichaux, louisiana. the most normal, boring white guy in america… except for the fact that he worships satan. twin brother to local metalhead darby, the boys grew up in the shadow of their rich cousins abby and collie, while they lived in squalor their entire childhood. just a tiny bit resentful of that fact. a man with a plan, blair has big aspirations for himself and plans on using all the gifts the devil gives him to achieve them. a nice boy façade, though it doesn’t take much for him to snap. beside that, he’s really not so bad. promise! canon verse: horror/satanic panic. secondary verses: normal, apocalypse, 60s-80s, supernatural.
BLAIR is a PRIMARY character portrayed by ALEX FITZALAN, with open availability for plotting and limited availability for shipping.
i fear i am walking in the veil of darkness.
COLETTE 'COLLIE' WINESAP. 24 (22-29). she/her. unemployed from robichaux, louisiana. yes, collie like the dog, but it’s never bothered her. younger sister of abby, the winesap sisters grew up under the oppressive eye of their mother in their crumbling mansion. though their side of the family were left all the money, they’ve got none of it now; their beautiful house the only possession they have left, unlike their twin cousins darby and blair that were left with nothing. undiagnosed agoraphobic, collie’s too afraid to leave their home unless her sister’s by her side. naïve to the point of farce. unbeknownst to her, her cousin blair is planning to sacrifice her. canon verse: normal, horror/satanic panic. secondary verses: apocalypse, 60s-80s, supernatural, crime.
COLLIE is a PRIMARY character portrayed by OLIVIA HOLT, with open availability for plotting and shipping.
he buzzes like a fridge, he's like a detuned radio.
DOVID RABINOWITZ. 22 (21-24). he/him. college student from montclair, new jersey. football player for the lunaire university wolves. cousin of etan and aharon. son of a single mother and naturally a total momma's boy, his father died by su*cide when he was a child. a golden retriever type, he's plagued with doubt and insecurity but covers it up with bravado and party boy antics. a loyal member to his frat and his football team (mostly for the camaraderie because he doesn't even really like football all that much). good enough at what he does, but doesn't have the talent to take it to the nfl—which means his post-graduate future is all up in the air. part lover boy, part frat douche. canon verse: normal. secondary verses: bestial, college, apocalypse, sports, horror.
DOVID is a PRIMARY character portrayed by MILO MANHEIM, with open availability for plotting and shipping.
i am not exactly sure which wound is the one i belong to.
FR. FINNEGAN 'FINN' STOKELY. 37 (28-40). priest from cheyenne, wyoming. second born out of four, has a real complex about his position in the family. raised by their grandparents after their parents died in a car accident.; grew up the favorite of their extremely catholic grandfather. the all-american boy with a secret drinking problem as a teenager. thought religion would save him and heard the calling of the priesthood when he was sixteen; now was that his grandfather’s influence or the alcohol talking? ordained at 25, finn’s spent most of his time in the priesthood doubting god, losing his faith, and trying to stay sober. canon verse: normal, apocalypse. secondary verses: uss helena, southbound, 60s-90s, horror, crime.
FINN is a PRIMARY character portrayed by ZACH GILFORD, with open availability for plotting and limited availability for shipping.
when i woke up tonight, i said i've gotta make somebody love me.
GIDEON SCHWARTZ
WEISSBERG. 29 (22-30). he/him. novelist from new york city, new york. son of a professor and reality tv star a la the real housewives, both flighty parents. never were a happy family, but since the divorce his parents have used their children like pawns in a stale game for a decade; you can see where gideon gets his manipulative tendencies from. privileged but only vaguely aware of it. eternal flake that unintentionally plays with people. loves his little sister elisha deeply but has a hard time actually being there for her, or anyone really. got his first novel ‘silver tarnishes’ published a year ago but he’s having a bitch of a time writing his next one. canon verse: normal, celebrity. secondary verses: horror, apocalypse, college, supernatural, southbound.
GIDEON is a PRIMARY character portrayed by LOGAN LERMAN, with open availability for plotting and shipping.
kiss me and you will see how important i am.
HEIDI ALLSHOUSE. 34 (28-36). she/her. meteorologist from encantadora, california. works for kllr abc10 fresno-encantadora, mostly for the daytime broadcasts. spent years doing the early morning show and getting up at two am to make to the studio by four until it nearly made her have a breakdown. now she’s got her eyes set on the primetime spot, which she deserves, then chief meteorologist after that. not always a sneaky bitch, though, especially when it comes to her younger half-sister, kirsty. a control freak obsessed with success, she’s got a problem with being happy with what she’s got. seems to always be getting engaged and then breaking it off. thinks her dependence on wine is cutesy facebook meme stuff, not unrecognized alcoholism. canon verses: normal. secondary verses: apocalypse, 70s-90s, horror, cucuys.
HEIDI is a PRIMARY character portrayed by ALY MICHALKA, with open availability for plotting and shipping.
quote here.
DR. IRA WEISSBERG
ROSEINGRAVE. 32 (28-35). he/him. trauma surgeon (resident) from greenwich, rhode island. more info soon. canon verses: normal. secondary verses: apocalypse, 50s-90s, horror, crime.
IRA is a PRIMARY character portrayed by DAVID CORENSWET, with open availability for plotting and shipping.
i want to be the girl with the most cake.
JEANNINE 'JEANNIE' OH. 24 (21-27). she/her. former figure skater, current cashier from shreveport, louisiana. well, former figure skater, now a cashier at big lots. spent nearly all of her life chasing after olympic gold, only to quit a few years ago in hysterics and dramatics. now washed up and bitter, whiny and petulant, all in all just… hard to be around. parties because there’s nothing else to do. hates her step-mother even though her parents have been divorced for years; doesn’t really have a leg to stand on because they divorced over her sport. doesn’t know how to turn off the competitive mean girl persona, perhaps that’s just her deep down to her core. canon verse: normal. secondary verses: uss helena, sports, celebrity, horror, apocalypse, bestial, supernatural.
JEANNIE is a PRIMARY character portrayed by KRYSTAL JUNG, with open availability for plotting and shipping.
it makes me feel like i'm a man when i put a spike into my vein.
JOHN 'JUNIOR' KIRKPATRICK JR. 28 (25-32). he/him. handyman from boston, massachusetts. an active drug addict that tries to stay clean, but frequently relapses. he can't really help that when the high dulls the immense amount of pain within his heart—can anyone really blame him when his older brother, anthony, killed their parents in cold blood? since that night, junior's been torn between his persistent grief and his lingering loyalty to his brother. born in ireland, raised in boston, has a weird mixed accent of the two. prone to breaking hearts and falls in love easily, though always ends up betraying them somehow. one day, though, he hopes knows he'll get his act together. will do anything he can get his hands on, but considers heroin to be his one true love. canon verse: normal, horror, crime. secondary verses: apocalypse, 60s-90s.
JUNIOR is a PRIMARY character portrayed by PAUL MESCAL, with open availability for plotting and shipping.
i woke up tired of being the hammer.
KATSUNARI 'KAT' FUKAZAWA. 35 (30-37). he/him. nomad from cleveland, oh / okinawa, japan. kat was born an independent soul, and fifteen years into a zombie apocalypse, things are no different. surviving on his own for more than a decade, kat parted ways with his father weeks after the outbreak and has mostly stayed by himself since then… until now. suddenly kat has grown a desire for returning to society (or what’s left of it), approaching a survivor safe zone just a few days ago. acts quickly, but never impulsively. quiet and calculating, a return to human life has revealed that kat is actually kind of socially awkward. go figure. (in non-apoc verses, he's simply an anti-social vagabond that does odd jobs.) canon verse: apocalypse. secondary verses: the last of us, horror, crime, normal, supernatural.
KAT is a PRIMARY character portrayed by SEN MITSUJI, with limited availability for plotting and shipping.
l'amour looks something like you.
LISA LIDDELL. 21 (21-24). she/they. college student from petaluma, california. born as lainey tanaka-novak, her mother killed all of lisa’s siblings and blamed it on a home intruder; lainey was the only one to survive. she was adopted by the liddells and renamed lisa. despite the trauma, she grew up an all-around good girl and total people pleaser. came to stanford thinking she’d reinvent herself, now she’s back to her follower habits and is part of the mean girl clique in her sorority. basically a final girl meets a heather mcnamara. at least has her older sister jamila around to keep her from going off the co-dependent deep end. canon verse: normal, crime. secondary verses: necropolis, 70s-2000s, apocalypse, southbound, bestial, horror, supernatural.
LISA is a SECONDARY character portrayed by KAYLEE KANESHIRO, with open availability for plotting and shipping.
i fake it so real, i am beyond fake.
MATILDE 'MATTIE' OLIVEIRA. 26 (23-28). she/her. waitress, conwoman from rio de janeiro, brazil. compulsive social climber and conspiring to be a rich manhattan socialite, most people don’t know mattie comes from humble beginnings. hides that she’s poor from her rich friends while also scamming them out of thousands on gifts and vacations. manipulative but only as a survival mechanism. feels guilty over taking advantage of rich kids on a moral level, but the kids she cons tend to suuuck. in massive credit card debt but it’ll all be worth it when she makes it to the top—she hopes. canon verse: normal, crime. secondary verses: necropolis, horror, apocalypse, supernatural, celebrity, 50s-2000s, southbound.
MATTIE is a PRIMARY character portrayed by CAMILA MENDES, with open availability for plotting and shipping.
comfort me with apples, for i am sick of love.
POLINA 'POLLY' VOLKOVA. 24 (21-27). she/her. nanny from long island, new york. a mafia princess, sort of. daughter to a bratva scene cleaner, older sister and caretaker to a gaggle of little brothers. idolizes her older sister nikola to an unhealthy degree; they’re a package deal that bicker all the time. their father left them for a woman barely older than nik, polly already knew she couldn’t trust men but that completely sealed the deal. developed large breasts at a young age, sort of traumatized by it (hence the distrust of men). weak and quiet, until you really set her off. a crybaby expert. canon verse: normal, crime. secondary verses: necropolis, uss helena, horror, supernatural, apocalypse, 70s-2000s.
POLLY is a PRIMARY character portrayed by MILLY ALCOCK, with open availability for plotting and shipping.
if i'm not angry, i won't be anything at all.
ROBIN ST. JUSTE. 27 (23-30). he/him. hockey player from raleigh, north carolina. older twin by seven minutes. the quieter of the two, he’s also the most violent. part of a sports dynasty, robin and his twin sean grew up in complete privilege. they were poised from a young age to make it to the top in the nhl, though they’re constantly reminded they’ll never be good as their father, uncles, and brothers before them. basically brimming with rage at every moment, robin has a hard time interacting with strangers and often hides behind his younger brother, sean, the more outgoing of the two. plays defense, shoots left. his playing style is controlled and precise, but drops the gloves at a moment’s notice. canon verse: normal, sports. secondary verses: college, horror, apocalypse, supernatural, atlanta screech owls.
ROBIN is a PRIMARY character portrayed by DREW STARKEY (long hair), with open availability for plotting and shipping.
you look like an angel sleeping it off at the station.
SEAN ST. JUSTE. 27 (23-30). he/him. hockey player from raleigh, north carolina. younger twin by seven minutes. the more dominant of the two, sean has a boisterous personality that borders on abrasive at pretty much every moment of the day. he revels in his privilege more than his brother does, the epitome of rich asshole. outgoing and promiscuous, he sleeps around and doesn’t care about who he hurts. massively protective over robin, he’s also robin’s toughest critic (besides their father). though everyone else thinks he’s a party boy without a care in the world, he’s considered the fuck up in their family because he parties and regularly drinks/gets high. plays centre, shoots right. his playing style is sloppy and violent but efficient. canon verse: normal, sports. secondary verses: college, horror, apocalypse, supernatural, atlanta screech owls.
SEAN is a PRIMARY character portrayed by DREW STARKEY (short hair), with open availability for plotting and shipping.
his heart pressed flat as a flower, crimson and thin as tissue paper.
SILAS DESJARDINS. 40 (35-43). ranch hand, heir of the desjardins ranch; prodigal son, black sheep, and daddy’s little errand boy all rolled into one. officially a ranch hand on his family’s ranch in texas, but he’s mostly a career criminal that moves from town to town in the south to rob gas stations and hustle drunk people at pool or darts. when his daddy calls him back home for an ‘errand’, he’ll do anything from cattle rustling or horse theft to straight up murder, then go back on the road again. a bad guy with bad vibes™, his 'normal meter’ is broken due to the desjardins having really weird family dynamics, but he’d probably still be fucked up even if they were norman rockwell picture perfect. basically not a dude you want to get to know. canon verse: crime, normal. secondary verses: horror, apocalypse, southbound, western, 70s-90s.
SILAS is a PRIMARY character portrayed by BOYD HOLBROOK, with open availability for plotting and shipping.
how have you survived this long when you’re so violently self-destructive?
VIKRAM BHAKTA. 33 (27-33). he/him. mortician from austin, texas. a self-admitted prick, yet somehow a warning still doesn’t make his asshole-ness bearable. not really good at the whole 'productive member of society' thing. doesn’t have a lot of empathy for someone in the funeral business, but he's good at the technical aspects of the job. a serial heart breaker, the only person who really matters to him is his little half-sister bertie. still, he’s 6'4" and has great hair and a fabulous beard, so women shower him with attention anyway. loves nothing more than to smoke a bowl and watch seven episodes of american dad after work. really, he’s not all that bad, just mostly. canon verse: normal. secondary verses: necropolis, uss helena, apocalypse, horror, crime, southbound, supernatural.
VIKRAM is a PRIMARY character portrayed by DEV PATEL, with open availability for plotting and shipping.
i've been down so long, it looks like up to me.
ZACHARY 'ZACH' CHOI. 32 (26-33). he/him. laundromat operator from encantadora, california. once a baseball prodigy, his career was ended by a broken knee in college, which has left zach with quite the inferiority complex. returned home to move in with his ailing grandmother and take over his parents' laundromat business while his father sucuumbs to his covert drug addiction. has dreams of being an actor someday, but he's not really serious about it. a major gearhead, the only thing that really gets him out of bed is his '67 pontiac catalina. the most normal of the extended choi family, zach is actually more of a failure in the macro sense, but having one cousin, daniel, as a mob doctor and another, simone, possessed by the devil has given him and cousin lilianne a leg up.canon verse: normal. secondary verses: apocalypse, horror, crime, supernatural, celebrity, cucuys, southbound.
ZACH is a PRIMARY character portrayed by JUSTIN H. MIN, with open availability for plotting and shipping.
