Create a Family With a Twist

[name_m]Andrew[/name_m] ’ [name_u]Drew[/name_u] ’ [name_m]Peter[/name_m] Matherson (28) is Tilda’s father and Aggie’s ex. Although he’s seen as boring by some people in comparison to his brother, [name_u]Drew[/name_u] has nothing but love for [name_u]Billy[/name_u] and they’re very close; having become even more tight knit following the breakup [name_u]Drew[/name_u] and [name_f]Aggie[/name_f] went through. Part of [name_u]Drew[/name_u] knows the age gap placed a pressure on their shoulders as a couple - with a lot of people feeling they were too different when it came to their stages in life, maturity and personal goals - but the constant travelling that encompassed Drew’s job led to a lot of fighting; which unfortunately worsened when [name_f]Tilda[/name_f] was conceived, and [name_u]Drew[/name_u] was determined to work more so they were financially stable for their daugghter.

He has no ill-will towards [name_f]Aggie[/name_f] now he’s had time to cool off and rethink but admits he wasn’t perfect in the aftermath, especially when there were allegations of cheating thanks to all the time he spent away. [name_u]Drew[/name_u] never wanted to be with anyone but [name_f]Aggie[/name_f] during this time and never strayed outside of their relationship, but currently is in a difficult position as he began seeing someone new a couple months before the pandemic started, and this relationship continued via vidchatting - with [name_u]Drew[/name_u] and his girlfriend now feeling ready to have a trial period of her moving in. Due to [name_f]Aggie[/name_f] being so unwell though, Drew’s struggling to break the news to her as he knows it’ll be a devastating blow, finally confirming there isn’t a chance of them getting back together - a position he hates but knows he has to be firm about for both of their sakes, never mind Tilda’s.

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Ari Valentine Kolesnik (4 ½) is a frequent visitor at the hospital where Aggie is receiving care. That is because Ari’s brother Eduk is a long-term patient there with cystic fibrosis. Ari likes to go on rounds on all the hospital floors to visit people who look like they need a pick-me-up, and Aggie is one of those people. During the first few days of Aggie’s hospitalization for COVID, Ari also got to meet Drew and Tilda through a Zoom call, and Ari considers them all very dear friends. Now they talk on Zoom every other day.

Ari uses he/she/they pronouns and doesn’t usually express a preference. Their parents have left it up to them, since Ari was born intersex, and they didn’t want Ari to feel forced into any specific gender roles. Because of this, Ari has a natural knack for caring about others deeply, and encouraging them to be themselves, and questioning why someone is told they can’t do something. She says anyone can be anything. He says that we are all a little bit like superheroes. They say the world is a better place when it’s big enough for everyone.

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Notice about the next character: He is associated with the very first family on this thread!

[name_m]Kalev[/name_m] [name_m]Indrek[/name_m] [name_m]Nole[/name_m] (30) is Eduk’s paediatrician and is friends with Aggie’s doctor. He is pen pals with [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u] [name_f]Nicole[/name_f] [name_m]Lewis[/name_m]. During a Zoom chat; he invited [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u] and her family to chat with the other two families and whenever [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u] and her children are around, they bond with the families as well although [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u] does not have any Estonian relatives. He and [name_u]Ari[/name_u] get along very nicely and likes to talk about superheroes and [name_m]Kalev[/name_m] loves to motivate [name_u]Ari[/name_u]. Kalev’s office has drawings [name_u]Ari[/name_u] made for him and enjoys Ari’s creativity. [name_m]Kalev[/name_m] is also pen pals with [name_u]Billy[/name_u] Matheson’s step-sister.

Lindsey was created by @Lindseylloyd052399 .

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[name_f]Catrina[/name_f] ‘Cat’ [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] [name_m]Nole[/name_m] (29) is a cardiologist in [name_m]Kalev[/name_m] (Her husbands) hospital. She is a triplet and her and [name_m]Kalev[/name_m] have 2 toddlers together. She wants a big family
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[name_f]Jayde[/name_f] [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] [name_m]Nole[/name_m] (20 months) is [name_m]Kalev[/name_m] and Catrina’s youngest child. She loves being outside and is a little wildflower as her parents like to call her.
She loves playing with her older sibling and loves playing with the family’s dog.
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[name_f]Kaisa[/name_f] [name_f]Sirje[/name_f] [name_m]Artus[/name_m] (29) is a triplet and one of Catrina’s triplet sisters. She is currently unmarried and works as a cruise ship singer, so she often is away from Estonia and isn’t ready to settle down with a family. She loves connecting with [name_f]Jayde[/name_f] and singing together with her whenever the two visit and she is close with Jayde’s toddler sibling as well.

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Kersti Maria Artus (29) is the third triplet along with Kaisa & Catrina. Kaisa & Cat are identical, while Kersti is fraternal. She is very close with her sisters and loves her job as a human rights lawyer. In her spare time Kersti is an avid hiker and enjoys being outside. She lives outside Tallinn with her long time partner and their toddler son.

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[name_m]Margus[/name_m] “Gus” [name_m]Kalevi[/name_m] [name_m]Nole[/name_m] (7 months) is Jayde’s younger brother and Kersti’s nephew. Kersti loves the little boy and he and Kersti’s son love to hang out. He is younger than Kersti’s son and enjoys the attention he is getting as the youngest family member alongside the small milestones of babies growing up into their first year.

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Nikoli ’ [name_u]Niko[/name_u] ’ Tannil [name_m]Artus[/name_m] (27) is Gus’s uncle and Kersti’s husband. [name_u]Niko[/name_u] spent his life divided between Estonia and [name_u]Britain[/name_u], as his family moved there when he was 10 so his mum could complete her PhD, and they subsequently stayed on so [name_u]Niko[/name_u] could complete his GCSEs after settling in school there. As an only child, he developed an outgoing and gregarious demeanor in order to adjust to the moving process, which created a love of travel that influenced his interest in ecology: the field he now works in full-time. [name_u]Niko[/name_u] and Kersti met at university, after he decided to accompany his parents back to Kärdla, as although he loved his friends dearly, he couldn’t say goodbye to his family.

Still, [name_u]Niko[/name_u] visits Salford whenever possible and has maintained numerous friendships there, with it being his best friend since the first day of secondary school who’s godfather to he and Kersti’s son. They attended his friend’s wedding to his husband and [name_u]Niko[/name_u] served as best man, while their son was chosen as ring bearer for the couple, something he was overwhelmed at. He’s never someone who shies away from expressing his emotions, thoughts or opinions and this means he and Kersti often spend time debating, something they absolutely love. The couple has been considering moving back to the island town where [name_u]Niko[/name_u] grew up, as the scenic views and peacefulness seem a perfect haven for their family to find total happiness.

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Notice about the next character: He is associated with two families already known within the series. Those families are listed in the tabbers below with credit and links on existing characters. Characters without names, ages, and/or bios are listed as well if there is any mention of such. The families are written in CAF style, after all this is a Create a Family.

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[name_m]Vince[/name_m] [name_m]Benedick[/name_m] [name_m]Piers[/name_m] (47) is the wedding officiant of Niko’s friend. Niko and [name_m]Vince[/name_m] are both bonded by their love of travel. While Vince is from Great Britain, he previously lived with his wife and their children until he moved back to Manchester in 2016. [name_m]Niko[/name_m] is also close with Vince’s son [name_m]Nick[/name_m], who share similar names and similar values, both being outspoken. [name_m]Nick[/name_m] is very brash with people he despises but only if they are truly terrible and is very nice and mature otherwise.

Although [name_m]Vince[/name_m] is a wedding officiant, he is not very religious. He was not married when he and his wife had their first daughter [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] and only recently married when [name_m]Nick[/name_m] was born. [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] is a single mother and is bisexual and although she didn’t move with the rest of the family, they still visit each other a lot. [name_f]Beulah[/name_f], his mother-in-law, at first felt bad that her daughter moved to Manchester to be with him because they would be too far away, but she has grown to love [name_m]Vince[/name_m] and her daughter’s marriage to him.

[name_m]Vince[/name_m] is related to [name_f]Beulah[/name_f] and her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren by marriage, but related to [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u] [name_f]Nicole[/name_f] [name_m]Lewis[/name_m] by blood. They are cousins, which many people find hard to believe due to [name_f]Lindsey[/name_f] being much younger and more into entertainment and animals but the two still visit from time to time and he likes to see her pets.[name_m]Vince[/name_m] loves talking to Lindsey’s three children and finds them great children for the future but also simply enjoys them for just being kids.

[name_m]Vince[/name_m] is also a supporter of the LGBTQIA community and goes as far as saying wedding officiants who won’t officiate same-sex couple weddings are “not real wedding officiants”. He opposes discrimination and believes a wedding officiant’s role is to officiate a marriage for the couple’s big day rather than making it about themselves and using personal prejudice against a couple’s true love. He was happy when [name_m]Niko[/name_m] was best man and said that wedding was the best he’s officiated.

Beulah's Family

DW (80): Beulah Muriel Flannigan [nee Parker] (created by @I_meme_it )
DH (†74, deceased 6 years before present events): [name_m]Walter[/name_m] Flannigan (no character bio)
DD1 (52): Suzanne Lynda Benton [nee Flannigan] (created by me)
DS1 (48): Kenneth “Kent“ Brian Flannigan
DD2 (47): Penelope “Penny” Valerie Flannigan-Piers


DD1 (52): Suzanne Lynda Benton
DH (53): Frederick “Fred” Sonny Benton (created by @lemon_swirlxx )
DS1 (18): Flynn Leopold Benton (created by @I_meme_it )
DS2 (15): Austin Edgar Benton (created by Vintage_Vibes )
DD1 (8): Sabrina Calista Benton (created by me)


DS1 (48): Kenneth “Kent“ Brian Flannigan (created by @kitkatcookie)
DW (48): Nicole Evenne Flannigan (née Bordeaux) (created by me)
DS1 (†18, deceased 4 years before present events): Cosmo “Ozzy” Hal Flannigan (created by me)
DD1 (15): Eliana Angeline Flannigan (created by @Sophie_sawriter )
DD2 (1): Kira Milana Flannigan (created by me)


DD2 (47): Penelope “Penny” Valerie Flannigan-Piers (created by I_meme_it)
DH (47): Vince Benedick Piers
DD (27): Vivienne Reena Piers (created by me)
-DD1 (3): Etta Valerie Corazon Piers (created by @avenmaide)
-DC (exp)
DS (23): Nicholas “Nick” Carl Piers (created by me)

Lindsey's Family

DM (30): Lindsey Nicole Lewis (created by @Lindseylloyd052399 )
DS1 (6): Pierce Isaiah Lewis (created by @Maryyy )
DD1 (4): Adela Jeanette Lewis (created by @elffff )
DD2 (1): Haylie Melanie Lewis (created by @lucyxo )

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[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] ’ [name_u]Penny[/name_u] ’ [name_f]Valerie[/name_f] [Flannigan] Piers-Flannigan (47) is Vince’s’ wife and a dedicated mum and grandma who works as a deputy head at a school designed for pre-teens and teens struggling with behavioural issues and/or their mental health. [name_u]An[/name_u] earnest, kind-hearted and friendly person, [name_u]Penny[/name_u] never shies away from expressing herself, and cried when she learned [name_f]Etta[/name_f] was named after her partially, feeling incredibly honoured. Thanks to her job, she has a similarly strong conviction to her son when it comes to treating others with empathy and understanding unless they’re exceptionally cruel, selfish and/or bigoted; having trained in youth work prior to training as a teacher when [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] started attending pre-school.

Since childhood, Penny’s had a difficult relationship with her sister [name_f]Suzanne[/name_f], something that’s followed them both into adulthood. Thanks to being the youngest, she received a lot of attention from their parents and was somewhat spoiled - something she acknowledges now, as well as how she was prone to vanity in her teens, belonging to the cheer squad and being voted as Homecoming queen in her final year of high school. In contrast, [name_u]Penny[/name_u] 's always been incredibly close to their only brother - who enjoyed similar popularity throughout high school on account of being the beloved class clown; having invited him and his family to stay following the traumatic, sudden loss of Ozzy; something that tragically helped bring her and [name_f]Suzanne[/name_f] closer after years of having little contact.

Currently, Penny’s niece [name_f]Eliana[/name_f] has plans to stay with her aunt, uncle and cousins due to the hit and run driver who killed [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m] having finally been identified, meaning she wants a break from all the questions directed her way.

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[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m] " [name_m]Kent[/name_m] " [name_m]Brian[/name_m] Flannigan (48) is [name_u]Penny[/name_u] and Suzanne’s brother, as well as the only son of [name_f]Beulah[/name_f] and [name_u]Walter[/name_u], and father of [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m], [name_f]Eliana[/name_f] and [name_f]Kira[/name_f]. A naturally fun-loving and good humoured man, Kent’s found himself tested emotionally and mentally since the loss of his son, struggling with the senselessness of what happened - combined with anger over the lack of accountability taken by the driver. [name_m]Kent[/name_m] has spoken to [name_u]Penny[/name_u] and [name_f]Suzanne[/name_f], who he’s always called " [name_f]Anna[/name_f] " affectionately, about how he could have forgiven the now-identified perpetrator if only they had owned up to what they’d done; but now, with four years of silence and it being another accident (thankfully one without another loss of life) that allowed law enforcement to find the necessary evidence to press charges. He credits his wife and daughter’s as being the people who’ve helped him not completely descend into misery and vengeful thoughts, being incredibly proud of [name_f]Eliana[/name_f] for coming out, and he’s expanded his business - owning a small chain of coffee shops - to increase their fundraisers for LGBTQIA+ charities and provide a safe, respectful environment for all of his employees.

[name_m]Kent[/name_m] met his wife by chance after she broke down on a camping trip with some friends and he stopped to give them a lift to a garage to have their car fixed. She’s French-Canadian and [name_m]Kent[/name_m] always excelled at languages, being able to communicate with her fluently in [name_u]French[/name_u]: the language she was more confident speaking at the time. He passed this interest onto his children too, always encouraging them to explore the world around them and has been helping [name_f]Eliana[/name_f] prepare for her trip to Manchester. A self-confessed hopeless romantic, he takes pride in his ability to make her laugh to this very day, considering humour his best means of expressing any emotion. The exception of this is when he comforts someone, espdcially his children, such as when he and [name_f]Eliana[/name_f] spoke about loving [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m] after she asked to visit her aunt, uncle and cousins.

Recently, [name_m]Kent[/name_m] and his wife adopted a retired guide dog named [name_m]Jazzy[/name_m]. This was influenced by [name_m]Kent[/name_m] wanting to focus on more positive aspects of life to combat his upset about the impending trial and reliving the death of his son, as well as knowing his wife’s always wanted a proper family pet. Due to proximity, he visits [name_f]Beulah[/name_f] frequently too, often bringing [name_f]Kira[/name_f] as he knows how much his mom loves to dote on the newest addition to their family.

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Notice about the next character: She is the driver who killed [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m] and is very unlikable. In addition to her crimes, some maturity warnings for water pollution, sea animal cruelty, and elitism.

[name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] [name_u]Bristol[/name_u] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] (23) is the criminal charged with the 20 November 2017 hit-and-run. She is the maternal cousin of the infamous Derosa-Smith brothers, however she is not Italian and is mostly American. [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] was quite elitist and pro-corporations. She loved Kent’s coffee but often pretended to her family and friends that she hated it because his business was “not big enough” for her. Her mother and father own a big oil company which attracted controversy in 2007 when they caused a massive oil spill into the ocean which polluted the water and harmed the ocean life. The oil spill was rampant on the news which provoked a then-8-year-old [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m] and his friend [name_f]Nia[/name_f] to care more about the oceans. [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f], who attended the same school as them, was constantly asked “Why does your family’s company harm the ocean?!” and was greatly disliked by both of them.

Years passed and her parents’ company was past the controversy and were back to being successful although neither the Flannigans nor the Corbens ever purchased their gas there. When [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] was in high school, she did not attend the same high school as [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m] and [name_f]Nia[/name_f], instead studying at an elite private school and learned to speak French there. [name_f]Nia[/name_f] was the President of her high school’s club Socean and [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m] was Vice President and both of them founded the club. They also became good friends with [name_f]Georgina[/name_f], who was an expert at ocean sports and wanted to be in marine biology as well. While the club was peacefully protesting against SeaWorld for its mistreatment of orcas in captivity, [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] asked [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m] and [name_f]Nia[/name_f] if they still hated her over the 2007 controversy. They said they were sorry for being rude to her because she was only 8 years old just like they were and didn’t do anything wrong and that they don’t hate her but they did say they still oppose her parents’ oil company and if she’s not going to help with their protest, she needs to leave. Out of spite she said, “You’re just mad that their company and SeaWorld are successful,” before leaving. [name_f]Georgina[/name_f], having lived with a toxic family and was used to toxic people, said to the other club members that there’s no point in trying to help [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f], she’s elitist and doesn’t seem to have any remorse over her parents’ oil controversy.

When [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] was in her first year of college, she was in a special expensive college for the privileged. [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m] was in a college in the same city that was not like Angelyn’s but he didn’t mind because this was his dream college for studying for marine biology. The two never spoke to each other in person and never posted anything relating to each other online, although [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m] “liked“ several posts condemning oil companies’ impacts on the ocean. The weekend before the fatal hit-and-run, [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m] was at a peaceful protest about reducing plastic waste which [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] didn’t know because she and her college sorority were partying that weekend. The Monday after the events, [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] was driving her white Porsche and wasn’t paying attention to the road from her exhaustion when she got a text from her father saying the family oil company was the top company in the region. She texted back “Yassss” and at that moment, she ran over [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m] and continued driving. The moment after she hit him, she questioned if anyone saw her and wondered if she should go back and help him. However her exhaustion clouded her judgement and she decided not to go back and kept telling herself that if someone else were to find him in the street, they would be able to rescue him and if he was already dead, then there was nothing she can do so she figured it would be best for her to keep driving away. Going back and admitting would ruin her college success and the rest of her life and wouldn’t help anyone, it would just make her another 18-year-old that day who wouldn’t have a bright future anymore. That evening on the news, she learned he really did pass away and that the police were investigating who could have done it. This is also when she realised who her victim was and that he was once on bad terms with her.

She couldn’t get over the fact her reckless driving actually killed someone and feared for the next few days whether she should come forward. But she knew her family had just gotten really successful as a company and she knew they would be seriously hated and boycotted by everyone if they knew the daughter of the giant oil company killed an ocean conservation activist. That Thursday was Thanksgiving and [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] said at the dinner table, “I’m really thankful for all of you and am proud to have such successful parents. If I ever did anything horrible that could potentially ruin your business, would you want me to confess?” Her parents, thinking this was a hypothetical question, said, “Unless you were to steal money from our company, there’s no reason why you’d need to confess. You are our daughter and you would never do anything wrong.” [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] took that advice and made the decision not to confess. [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] also apologised to the Flannigans but never said why she was apologising so they assumed she was sorry for being rude to Socean at the SeaWorld protest years earlier and they forgave her. [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] was very paranoid those next few months and never drove that Porsche, keeping it in the garage because she was afraid someone would identify it. She often rode public transit instead which she used to never do because it was “for poor people”. She would always tell her parents she was filling her car up at gas stations with their gas anyway because she used to always do that and felt they would be suspicious of her if she stopped using the family’s gas. Two years later, she realised there was no way she would continue not driving her car because there were times she would be better off with the car than public transit, so she got a paint job on her car and got it painted red just in case anyone saw her white car driving away at the scene.

Everything from there felt like a breeze. She stopped worrying so much about the hit-and-run and eerily started living a normal life again. She spent time with her family and friends and had a good time. She never associated with friends or relatives of [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m] but no one really noticed considering she never associated with them before the crime. She even had a side-gig as a beauty influencer where she posted her reviews of makeup products while doing her makeup. Although her last name was [name_m]Smith[/name_m], she was known to her viewers as [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] [name_m]Barbeau[/name_m] because she had taken French and thought people would find it sounding more attractive even though she wasn’t actually French. She said in her videos she was French-Canadian in case anyone would ask her why she never seems to know that much about France. As an influencer, she basically lived in her own world and didn’t let anything outside her internet fame affect her. Some people said that the main reason why she was famous was because of her family’s success and that their fame helped her more than hers helped them but she often responded with “You don’t know how much I’m willing to risk to keep their business thriving.”

Only recently, she caused another car accident with her Porsche while speeding to make it to an influencers’ event. She was pulled over and one of the cops noticed her car had the same licence plate as the car involved in the 2017 hit-and-run. She insisted it was a mistake and her car was not even the same colour as the car involved. The person who was hired to paint her car red was a neighbour of [name_m]Kent[/name_m] Flannigan and confirmed that he was paid by her to paint her car and had an old record of her as a customer. Her phone was searched and the “Yassss” text she sent was sent at the the time of the crash, adding more charges against her. While her browsing history from years ago was automatically removed, they Googled the name of the car painting company and under the first search result it said “This page was last visited on 1 December 2019”, the date she got it painted. Once evidence was being discovered to convict her, the family’s big oil company was plummeting in profit and there were several one-star reviews saying stuff like: “You really haven’t stopped being reckless, first the oil spill and now this,” “How come she didn’t come forward? Did the owners of this company tell her not to?”, and “Save the Ocean - Boycott this Brand!” Ozzy’s mother called her out saying, “She is not a true French-Canadian. She does not get to pose as my culture for internet likes while hiding that she killed my son.” [name_m]Kent[/name_m] knows her family wasn’t involved in the hit-and-run but doesn’t want to see them and until further notice, has banned them from his coffee shops. [name_m]Julian[/name_m] and [name_m]Marcos[/name_m] love the coffee and hate [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] for getting them banned. Meanwhile several ocean conservation charities had an increase in donations alongside many LGBTQIA+ charities that [name_m]Kent[/name_m] supported. Some people on the prosecution side of the trial worried that [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] was from a rich family and could use her family’s profit to manipulate the justice system into letting her off easy. However both her parents had told her that she had ruined their company because people were falsely believing they were involved in the crime and that they will not give her any handouts. They even snarked at her “Maybe you should have stolen money from the company after all. It would have benefited you.” In a desperate attempt for funds, she posted online, “Hello fans! Please donate to ensure my innocence so I can continue to make amazing videos!” Nobody donated to her and instead wrote “Girl you’re canceled,” “When they find you guilty and you’re locked away, consider this #AngelynBarbeauIsOverParty,” “What kind of monster tries to get famous while someone else is dead and his family is broken?” and the top comment by Ozzy’s cousin [name_u]Nick[/name_u], “I knew you’d get caught one day. If you’re found innocent or get a light trial, we’re still going to make sure you never go back to normal life. You’re not [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] [name_m]Barbeau[/name_m] the influencer, you’re [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] the guilty.”

Julian was created by @lemon_swirlxx

Marcos was created by me.

Nia was created by me.

Georgina was created by @ElisabethJulie

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Warning: Mentioned multiple stillbirths & implied hated of a person (Is not blurred because it wouldn’t make since if it was)

Clarissa Clara Anne Von Brandt (32) was a juror at Angelyn’s trial & a friend of Kent through their daughters & Mirri because they both went to the same Hebrew school. She, herself, has lost multiple children due to stillbirth (Gina Elizabeth (would’ve been seven), Randy Michael (would’ve been six & a half), Olivette Anne (would’ve been five), Penny Llewellyn (would’ve been three), & Darla Willow (would’ve been two & a half)). She is an activist that fights for racial equality (due to an adopted cousin she has). She used to buy Smith oil for the oil lamps she use’s during blackouts but generally did not know what the family was doing & has now boycotted them & switched her oil lamps with candles. She feels horrible for the Flannigan family & has reached out to them with the fact that while she knows it isn’t the same thing, she’s lost children, too, & would be more the willing to help them if they ever need it, especially since she volunteers to Kira’s daycare since her daughter goes there as well. She loves her husband, Matt, who she met in high school & has never stopped loving since (& who held her after Angelyn’s trial as she couldn’t understand who would kill someone’s child & not have the decency of giving them closure). She adores her daughter, Mirabelle Mira Rachael, who is the only one of her children to survive outside the womb (being fourteen months) though Matt (secretly) thinks the child will end up like his cousin, Layla who thinks she is entitled to anything & everything due to her raising, since she’s already spoiled (but doesn’t bring it up because he knows how badly Clara wanted a child). Clara was one of the juror’s personally campaigning for Angelyn to go to jail (though she didn’t let that influence her decision) so she was quite happy that they stuck Angelyn in a prison cell.

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Edgeley [name_u]Alex[/name_u] [name_m]Woods[/name_m] (14) is the 2nd youngest child of Clarissa’s elder sister who has adopted and fostered over 20 kids over the years some who have grown up and some who have gone to live with their biological parents. Edgeley’s Mom has got 5 kids living with her at the moment, Edgeley and their biological sister [name_u]Rainy[/name_u] who is 16, her biological twin girls and a teenage boy. Edgeley’s Mom definitely plans to adopt more children but at the moment she is happy managing teenagers and tweens because she is struggling with work so couldn’t manage toddlers or babies. Edgeley is genderfluid and their prounouns change, usually they go with they/them but will sometimes accept she/her. They are really close with their elder sister [name_u]Rainy[/name_u], especially since [name_u]Rainy[/name_u] runs a trampolining squad which Edgeley and a few other trampolinists are in and they compete in competitions a lot.
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[name_u]Stanley[/name_u] [name_m]Adam[/name_m] [name_u]Franklin[/name_u] (40) is Edgeley’s father and the husband of Clarissa’s elder sister. He was another juror at Angelyn’s trial. He is [name_u]Elijah[/name_u], [name_m]Aaron[/name_m], and Mirri’s brother and has two other brothers, one being deaf. He is a wedding officiant and officiated at Elijah’s, Clara’s, and Mirri’s weddings. He gets along with Kira’s uncle [name_m]Vince[/name_m] who is also a wedding officiant even though he did not know that until recently. On the day he was selected to be on jury duty, he walked into the courthouse and was pleasantly surprised to see [name_f]Clara[/name_f] there and talked for a bit, not knowing what the case would be yet.

He went in, thinking this would be important for him to listen in on the defendant the most and insist to the other jurors that the defendant had to be innocent if the proof wasn’t enough and was fearing that this would be a care with possible falsified evidence. When he was talked to face-to-face for jury selection, and the judge said the defendant was being charged for a crime she committed at 18, he tried his best to keep his composure and not be biased. He stayed unbiased and was chosen, and at the trial any innocent thoughts he may have had about [name_f]Angelyn[/name_f] faded away when he saw the trial through and knew she was truly not innocent, going with the jurors to decide she is guilty. The reason he was even feeling she may be innocent before knowing what the crime was stemmed from a trial he faced when he was 18 for a crime he did not commit. When [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] was 18, he was not a wedding officiant, instead he worked as an amusement park ride operator, operating one of the roller coasters, when a passenger claims she got injured on the roller coaster he was working that day and she charged him. Amusement park cameras showed she was wearing her seat belt and kept her body inside the vehicle during the entire ride. [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] was incredibly nervous then because it was his first year working at the amusement park and he was already getting charged with negligence. However at his trial, the plaintiff kept changing her story from saying she broke her toes to saying she sprained her ankle when there were no X-ray proof of broken toes, to saying she also bumped her head very hard on the ride’s harness, the last of which was never seen on the cameras. She tried to make it clear he was “guilty of injuring her” but the jury couldn’t follow through with her changing story and didn’t believe her, so luckily [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] was found innocent.

He decided after the trial that he didn’t want to stay in his job operating amusement park rides so he changes jobs to be a wedding officiant. He met his eventual wife while officiating at Mirri’s wedding in which she was a bridesmaid. They had a blossoming relationship and eventually he proposed to her. [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] had always been into family-building and like his siblings, wanted children to make himself feel complete. His fiancee said she wanted to foster teenagers when they got married and he agreed, finding this a nice way to get immersed into parenting without the struggle of newborn babies while helping teens in need. When he and his wife married, they took in 4 foster teenagers and continued fostering and adopting over the years with more than 20 over their time together. [name_u]Edgeley[/name_u] and [name_u]Rainy[/name_u] are two of the biological teenagers of the family and [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] loves to see them on the trampolines, rooting for them just like any proud papa would.

Elijah was created by @Sophie_sawriter
Mirri was created by @I_meme_it
Aaron was created by me.

@kitkatcookie Fixed! :purple_heart:

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[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f] " [name_f]Lia[/name_f] " [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] [Burkett] [name_u]Franklin[/name_u] (37) is Stanley’s wife, mother of five and Clara’s older sister. Working as a botanical scientist who specifies in preventing species extinction, [name_f]Lia[/name_f] knows people don’t find her job the most interesting in the world but her strong environmentalist beliefs mean she wouldn’t exchange this career path for anything. She was incredibly impressed by how her husband handled his time as a juror and now the conviction has been secured, talks to [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] whenever he needs to open up about the stresses; especially thanks to his own experience when he was just eighteen himself. [name_f]Lia[/name_f] became friends with [name_u]Mirri[/name_u] thanks to them both working at the same garage in their late teens, keeping each other company during the night shift - with all the horror stories of lunatics plaguing their minds - and upheld this bond even after [name_f]Lia[/name_f] attended university in another state, primarily keeping in touch through vidchats and texting.

Dating her good friend’s brother intimidated [name_f]Dahlia[/name_f] slightly - namely the fear of things not working out and everyone becoming awkward - but [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] immediately proved to be a reassuring presence who always listens and is more than happy just sitting to keep her company if she’s got a project to work on or family trip to arrange. Due to [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] and Mirri’s brother being deaf, [name_f]Lia[/name_f] has also learned ASL, teaching her children this to ensure inclusiveness continues being promoted within their family. She’s quite sentimental and loves keeping memories of all the children she and her husband have fostered and/or adopted, keeping a little memory scrapbook to ensure no-one is overlooked.

It was a shock when she and [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] learned they were expecting, as they’d grown used to their fostering and adoption system but knew the second they received the news they wanted nothing more than to have these children too. Their twin girls - who recently turned ten - are treated just the same as Edegley, [name_u]Rainy[/name_u] and their brother, Keaton; never wanting for love and support but [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] and [name_f]Lia[/name_f] didn’t want any kind of imbalance to affect their children. She’s especially pleased [name_f]Rainey[/name_f] shares her love of gardening - the two spending hours together crafting in the back garden - and has an especially close bond with [name_u]Keaton[/name_u], who reminds her of [name_f]Clara[/name_f] in many ways. Part of [name_f]Lia[/name_f] felt guilty upon learning of her pregnancy due to the many losses her sister and [name_m]Matt[/name_m] have endured, so [name_f]Clara[/name_f] was the first person she told actually, not wanting her to find out suddenly or through someone else. The support she showed was all [name_f]Lia[/name_f] could have hoped for and now [name_f]Mira[/name_f] has been born she’s overjoyed: not just for the time her own kids spend with their cousin but seeing how happy [name_f]Clara[/name_f] and [name_m]Matt[/name_m] are now able to be with their daughter.


@VintageVibes mentioned ‘biological twin daughters’ so I thought this meant [name_f]Daphne[/name_f] and [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] had the twins together? Correct me if I’m wrong though!

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Yes Daphne and Stanley did have the children together (Their only biological children) and Rainy and Edgeley are related biologically and the teenage boy isn’t related to anyone but I planned that he was adopted when he was a toddler or at a young age.

Rayna ‘Rainy’ Quinn Woods (16) is Dahlia and Stanley’s eldest child who lives with them. Rainy has ADHD and inherited albinism from their biological Mom who died in a car crash when Rainy was 2 and a half years old and Edgeley was only 6 months old and they were adopted by their parents a month later. Rainy is a bright personality but can be serious and listen to you if you need anyone to talk too. Her best friend is also on her cheerleading/trampoline team. She has a boyfriend who she met at a event that the Albinism fellowship was holding and he also has albinism that only affects his hair.

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Tirsa ’ Tiz ’ Clarice Franklin (10) is Rainy’s sister and the elder of Dahlia and Stanley’s twin daughters. Tiz’s first name was chosen thanks to it meaning ‘delight, sight of happiness, joy of life’ and being tied to her Hebrew routes; something she still loves explaining to new people now as it helps her feel effortlessly mature. Tiz tends to be a bookworm - keeping a little notepad for everything she has or is planning on reading - but this doesn’t stop her from loving spending time with her friends, having formed a group with her sister which primarily consists of kids who live in the same neighbourhood as them - pretty useful given their favourite place to escape parents and siblings is the local park.

In spite of being the oldest, Tiz isn’t too bossy and actually believes it’s healthy for her and her sister to spend time apart and not fully attach themselves to one another. This is because she knows there’s differences in both their personalities and feels it’s wrong for them to try and mold simply because of what people assume twins are like. Primarily it stems from the fact Tiz loves tap and ballet dancing, interests her sister doesn’t share in the slightest, and it’s always Rainy who she goes to discuss these things thanks to how they tie into cheer routines.

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Leah Sophie Franklin (10) is the younger twin of Tiz & the younger twin daughter of Lia & Stanley. Leah’s first name was chosen because Leah was one one her mothers favorite biblical characters. Though, it’s not as unique as her sister’s, she doesn’t mind because it fits her. Leah is the sportier of the twins having a motto of 'If the sport exists, I’ll try it", something of which her parents fully support her. She tried dance classes but found those were more to Tiz’s tastes then hers as she prefers contact sports such as soccer, baseball, volleyball, etc. She can draw just about anything & most of her library books are books on how to draw. She is not as social person outside of her activities.

As the younger of the twins, she is actually the more take charge & take no prisoners of the two. She bonds deeply with Edgeley as she believes that she may be genderfluid, going between she & they pronouns. She also bonds very deeply with her brother as he is as into sports as she is.

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