New Create a Family With a Twist

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[name_f]Mae[/name_f] [name_u]Antonia[/name_u] Gerriss (28) is Clarity’s sister-in-law, aunt to her child and Honor’s wife. A young lawyer who primarily works in family court overseeing parental/guardian rights, Mae’s path was influenced by her being adopted, and the difficult custody battle her maternal grandfather undertook to get her and her brothers’ out of their parents care - as by the time she was four, methamphetamine was the most important thing in Mae’s parents’ lives; overruling their daughter, twin boys and youngest son. Thanks to being the oldest, she has the most vivid memories of the chaotic, barren environment she was initially living in and has sparse contact with her mother now, who’s been in and out of rehab frequently: often making promises to her children that ultimately ring hollow. It was her granddad who walked [name_f]Mae[/name_f] down the isle and who’s listed as an emergency contact for her daughter, [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] " [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] " [name_f]Aurora[/name_f]. Upon getting married, [name_f]Mae[/name_f] and [name_u]Honor[/name_u] decided to keep their own surnames due to the closeness they have with their families, and also for ease as [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] has both their surnames: Singleton-Gerris. Mae’s been on maternity leave post-adoption and absolutely loves doting upon [name_f]Rosie[/name_f], reading to her for long periods and taking her out to meet [name_f]Clarity[/name_f] and her cousin who’s very close in age to her.

Becoming a mother has been an eye-opening process for her in more ways than readjusting her sleep schedule and handling food being flung about. [name_f]Mae[/name_f] already knows she wants to continue expanding their family and is open to a range of means for having more children, including IVF and fostering - with the latter being important to her thanks to her career path opening her eyes to this part of social services more. She and [name_u]Honor[/name_u] have briefly had overnight foster placements before - predating Rosie’s adoption - and Mae’s maintained contact with one of the teenagers who stayed with them, a sixteen-year-old girl who was pregnant at the time she stayed. The girl stood out as she didn’t want to give up parental rights and Mae’s continued supporting her for the birth which is now less than a month away. This has led to her and [name_u]Honor[/name_u] seriously considering applying for custody - or asking one of Mae’s brothers’ if the offer doesn’t get approved due to [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] being so young - so she has a stable environment to start raising her unborn child in; as the girls’ sincere dedication to motherhood means a lot to [name_f]Mae[/name_f] given her neglected start in life.

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@wandering_willow just wanted to invite you to this forum too ^w^

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Tysm!!

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Tw for murder

[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] [name_f]Margaux[/name_f] [name_u]Levy[/name_u] is a 16-year-old girl who is one month away from her due date. Her life has never been easy- weed, partying and drinking meant more to Mabel’s parents than spending time with [name_f]Mabel[/name_f]. [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] accepted it, seeing it as “they just didn’t have enough love for her.” She always shrugged it off and never really asked herself why they didn’t seem to care too much about her.

This was her routine lifestyle until the young age of 9- her father was arrested for the murderThis text will be blurred of a young woman he’d been seeing on the side- both him and Mabel’s mother had always seen other people outside their marriage and thought nothing of it. Her mother panicked- she was later deemed an unfit parent by DCFS and [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] grew up in and out of foster homes, though her mother did fight to keep her.

[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] met her boyfriend at thirteen- there was a real connection between the two of them. He was a second generation immigrant with very poor parents, and he was nearly as penniless as [name_f]Mabel[/name_f]. They shared a passion for art, music and theater- but what seemed to be a wholesome teen relationship went haywire. The two of them experimented very early on- the only reason [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] didn’t get pregnant earlier was because she was a very late bloomer.This text will be blurred

[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] found herself pregnant at sixteen- her mother once again failed to keep her and she’s in a foster home. Luckily her foster parents are kind, but she still misses her boyfriend very much as there is romance in their relationship. She recently discovered, she’s having twins- a boy and a girl. As young as she is, she’s ecstatic and determined to be a better mother to the twins than her own mother was to her.

[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] is very grateful for the support of [name_f]Mae[/name_f] Gerriss and [name_u]Honor[/name_u], and she’s open to more support along the way. She’s doing much better now that she is stable and safe.

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[name_m]Yves[/name_m] [name_m]Florent[/name_m] [name_u]Roux[/name_u] (23) is the older brother of Mabel’s boyfriend. [name_m]Yves[/name_m] is a second-generation immigrant from [name_f]Tahiti[/name_f], a [name_u]French[/name_u] Polynesian island. He enjoys having the culture of [name_u]France[/name_u] alongside the culture of a [name_m]Pacific[/name_m] Islander. However his family emigrated due to the fact that being so isolated makes it harder to trade with other countries outside [name_u]French[/name_u] Polynesia due to its distance, making it economically harder. Traveling outside [name_u]French[/name_u] Polynesia was also a long and difficult distanced journey but [name_m]Yves[/name_m] and his brother know it’s worth it. He and his family have a low socioeconomic status. [name_m]Yves[/name_m] graduated college and getting into the tech industry but not without student loan debt. People say he has potential to be the next [name_u]Elon[/name_u] Musk if he can fiscally manage his net worth into the billions but [name_m]Yves[/name_m] says, “Sorry I don’t speak Money.”

[name_m]Yves[/name_m] is known for being the single person surrounded by people in relationships and [name_m]Yves[/name_m] is a snarker. Yves’s brother asks him sometimes why he’s not in a relationship. [name_m]Yves[/name_m] just says, “Why would anyone date me? What could anyone get out of going on a date with me? That I’m sinking in student loans and the dollar menu tastes good?” However he can be very supportive and when his brother told him he had gotten [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] pregnant with twins, [name_m]Yves[/name_m] replied “No worries man, I’ll help you out with everything. [name_m]Just[/name_m] don’t end up with 19 kids like that freakish family.” [name_m]Yves[/name_m] tries to help his brother and [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] stay close despite everything happening in Mabel’s family. He knows [name_f]Mae[/name_f] and [name_u]Honor[/name_u] are amazing foster parents to her and also likes the same music [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] and her foster mothers love. [name_m]Yves[/name_m] does not want to be a father right now, saying one day when he’s older and has more money and a better home, he will finally have his lifetime dream come true and be open to loving and caring for a cat.

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[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] [name_u]Roux[/name_u] (16) is Mabel’s boyfriend and the soon-to-be father of twins. He is very excited for the twins to be born despite his young age and has even dropped out of school, despite the protests of [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] and [name_m]Yves[/name_m], to become a tattoo artist as the job requires no schooling and pays particularly well. He wants to support his children and cares for them more than himself already.

[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] and [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] are deeply in love and though they made bad choices in their youth that created the pregnancy, [name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] is grateful for everything he has in his life and is quite excited to meet his children. Like his brother [name_m]Yves[/name_m], him and Mabel’s foster mothers get along very well, though [name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] finds Yves’ music taste rather brash and prefers listening to soft rock and indie music, which he shared with [name_f]Mabel[/name_f]. He has made a playlist which he listens to while thinking of his beloved girlfriend.

Gabriel’s own life has not been without its struggles and pain- him and [name_m]Yves[/name_m] were born to parents who barely let them do anything for fear of them “rebelling” or going against their rules. They mainly did it for the safety of [name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] and [name_m]Yves[/name_m] as they cared about them and wanted them to turn out better than themselves but that failed miserably. Gabriel’s younger sister is 13 and still trying to get away from her parents.

[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] and [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] have been debating names for their children but have so far found nothing, however they are decorating the nursery right now as Mabel’s foster moms have supported them throughout the process and given them a room in their house to raise the babies in.

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[name_m]Séraphin[/name_m] ’ Phin ’ [name_u]Asher[/name_u] Trepanier (23) is Yves’ best friend and acquantaince of [name_u]Gabriel[/name_u], although they’re not as close due to the age gap, having met [name_m]Yves[/name_m] while attending the same college as him; although Phin was majoring in history and considers himself far more technically inferior, which has become a running joke throughout their years knowing each other. It’s Phin who’s been helping [name_m]Yves[/name_m] fight for custody of the youngest [name_u]Roux[/name_u] sibling, as his long-term partner (who typically uses she/her pronouns but is genderfluid and sometimes prefers they/them) is a law student who’s mentored by a woman involved in custodial settlements, and she’s entirely willing to help [name_m]Yves[/name_m] and Gabriel’s sister be removed from their parents care.

Being the younger child of a single mother - having an older sister who’s expecting her second child currently - Phin and [name_m]Yves[/name_m] bonded due to their understanding of financial restraint. Phin’s circumstances were largely caused by his absentee father, who moved back to [name_m]Quebec[/name_m] (where his parents were originally from) and subsequently around [name_f]Canada[/name_f] sporadically to avoid paying the child support owed to his ex-wife and kids. This has led to him being a very responsible person (a trait shared by his sister), who’s hyper organised, and he was actually diagnosed with OCD shortly before his 19th birthday. Thankfully his loved one’s have been very supportive of this - even though Phin can’t afford proper therapy, in spite of working as a barista to afford rent with his partner - and, like [name_m]Yves[/name_m], he knows he isn’t ready for children yet; although he and his partner want to start their family in about 2 years time.

Phin felt incredibly lucky when he was offered a financial grant for his scholarship, as he hopes to become an exhibit curator in museums thanks to his love of history, and knows he couldn’t have managed without it - even with his work ethic meaning he takes on longer shifts whenever possible. He also owns two cats - tabby’s who are sisters he and his partner adopted together - named [name_f]Bijou[/name_f] and [name_f]Reverie[/name_f], and is a huge fan of all kinds of metal. Phin’s actually good friends with an aspiring musician in band and frequently goes to their concerts with [name_m]Yves[/name_m], as their friend gives them discount tickets.

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[name_u]Artemis[/name_u] [name_f]Moon[/name_f] [name_u]Wilder[/name_u] (25) is the musician that Phin is friends with. [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] is the lead vocalist in a rock band, named angel dust (with no capitals). [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] is quite the free spirit and has no shame in anything she does (usually), but truthfully she used to behave very differently. Her old name was McKenzie [name_f]Tamara[/name_f] [name_u]Bell[/name_u], and she lived in a preppy, uppity, rich town. A straight A student, the pride and joy of her parents- until she discovered her passion for music. Her parents went ballistic- McKenzie, how do you expect to make any money? McKenzie, stop acting like a little hood. These statements angered [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] to the point where she decided that someday, she’d leave and never look back. That day came when she was nineteen years old- she packed her bags, deleted her parents’ phone contacts, and left without a trace. Of course, she got her own happy ending- she met her people- and her partner, the band’s drummer. They live together in a small apartment with their own little bunny. She met Phin through work at the bar, her side gig to keep her small family afloat. She’ll give him tickets anytime and he’s happy to support her.

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Adam Jack “AJ” Caldwell (25) is the drummer and Artemis’s partner. He is the older brother of Asher and the only one of his siblings who is older than him. He and Asher are close and Asher has since gone to South America and Asher has managed to find and get pictures of the missing Nurse Jessa, but she fled. AJ still finds it fascinating and believes Jessa will still be caught one day. AJ has a soft spot for bunnies and loves being “bunny parents” with Artemis. AJ has already graduated college and is an English major but still was unable to find work and hated how places wouldn’t give their workers a high enough salary so he ditched that to be in angel dust. AJ loves drumming and finds it a passion and wouldn’t change where he’s at in life. He’s close with Phin and Yves as well and finds Mabriel (Mabel & Gabriel) a very strong couple for their age and remarkably well at being parents-to-be despite not planning so.

Asher was created by @ElisabethJulie.

Jessa created by me.

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tw: kidnapping threats

[name_f]Autumn[/name_f] [name_u]Adair[/name_u] Emstell (22) is the lead guitarist of angel dust and the bands newest addition - having been invited to join after their previous member decided to pursue a solo career. Technically, this isn’t the only band she’s part of, also belonging to a grunge-meets-metal band called Bluetack, and right now is more of an interim member for live shows because its uncertain if she’ll have absences while working with the band she’s a founding member of; but [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] isn’t offended by this, as she’s provided cover for a lot of people over the years. Adopted at the age of twelve, transience comes quite naturally to her - as she’s retained most of her memories of moving between foster placements and care homes, never standing out much but always on the move as Autumn’s biological father was banned contact from his only child after making kidnapping threats when he lost custody of her, after his mental state completely deteriorated in the wake of his girlfriend’s passing. She calls her adopted mother Auntie [name_u]Lauren[/name_u], as [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] has never forgotten her birth mother, [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] Emstell - the parent who always was there for her and provided all forms of stability in a very chaotic household - and admits she can’t replace anyone with that term (which led to some foster placements not working out when people couldn’t accept her resistance to addressing anyone else with parental terms).

[name_u]Lauren[/name_u] was the exception to this - being an experienced foster parent who’d faced a lot of challenging behaviour in the traumatised children she looked after - and this is what allowed [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] to bond with her so strongly, as she finally felt understood by someone instead of having expectations placed on her shoulders. She’s the only child Lauren’s actually adopted, and this was due to suggestions being made that as [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] was more open around her then foster parent, she should be moved to an adoptee environment - something that wouldn’t have gone well as [name_u]Lauren[/name_u] was very much an exception, which is why [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] took to her so well unlike others.

[name_f]Autumn[/name_f] is quite a quiet person naturally, who seems a little awkward around new people. She’s usually cooking, attending music events or thrifting when she’s not involved in practice, having opted against university as the anxiety was way too much for her to handle on top of exams and questions about her future. To make ends meet she works at a local animal charity in the administration department, although if possible, Autumn’s always happy to look after a cat for a weekend basis. She got her own two - sister Tabby’s named [name_m]Thursday[/name_m] and [name_m]Friday[/name_m] - from the organisation, and if she’s caught up in ‘parenting’ it’ll be something they’ve gotten up to: usually scrapping over territory in the suburb where [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] lives. She’s also got an impressive beanie baby collection that mean the world to her, and actually brings her favourite to performances as a running joke with one of her closest friends. A lot of Autumn’s social circle are others who were raised in the care system, although she’s never been in a placement with any of them bar one: her oldest friend attending university in another state, who she met at her second placement once her dad lost custody.

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[name_u]Lauren[/name_u] [name_u]Amal[/name_u] [name_m]Rahman[/name_m] (40) is Autumn’s adoptive Auntie. [name_u]Lauren[/name_u] is truthfully glad she’s not “a replacement parent” for [name_f]Sadie[/name_f], because she wants to be seen as her own person, not a substitute for another person. She also finds it unfair on Sadie’s end as well since [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] didn’t choose to leave [name_f]Autumn[/name_f], it ended in calamity. She and a best friend have their own music duo so she’s just as much into making music as [name_f]Autumn[/name_f]. She’s of Middle Eastern descent and she is proudly [name_f]Sunni[/name_f] Muslim, but she never calls her music “Muslim music” and was never a “Muslim artist”because she isn’t really the type to invoke religion into her artistry. She knows [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] isn’t Muslim and never forces religion on her or anyone. [name_u]Lauren[/name_u] is a fourth-generation Palestinian immigrant and while her great-grandparents are no longer living, she knew them well as a little girl when they were alive. [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] and [name_u]Lauren[/name_u] mutually support each other’s musical tastes and [name_u]Lauren[/name_u] is grateful to have officially adopted [name_f]Autumn[/name_f], fearing she wouldn’t have been accepted for having a music career, although she is a semi-successful musician. Autumn’s care friends and the members of angel dust and Bluetack all know that despite [name_u]Lauren[/name_u] being known locally in music, that [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] didn’t try to join the band to be like [name_u]Lauren[/name_u] and did so for her own life. [name_u]Lauren[/name_u] makes sure not to let her own career overshadow [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] and to help her financially when she needs it.

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[name_f]Miriam[/name_f] [name_u]Amal[/name_u] [name_m]Rahman[/name_m] (16) is Lauren’s niece, and a friend of [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] Emstell- she looks up to [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] and sees her as a role model, despite not being musically inclined at all. She gets a good report card, but she’s still going through a lot- anxiety plagues her, and she frequently goes through lots of emotional pain. Luckily, her friend group, a close, tight-knit group of people, help her out casually during school, and always make sure she never feels like a burden, though she is naturally inclined to feel that way, as she’s very uncomfortable with people and opening up about her feelings. Apart from being very smart, [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] is also a star athlete in her school’s water polo team. Someone on her team and her are dating- the girl she’s dating is very kind and supportive of her and [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] is sure she’s in love- all her friends are also friends with this person and they all partook in setting the two up as soon as they discovered both girls liked each other. [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] is trying to keep her relationship under wraps in fear that her parents would find out and be less than supportive. [name_u]Lauren[/name_u] found out, and [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] was terrified, but [name_u]Lauren[/name_u] assured her that everything would be okay and that her and her girlfriend were safe. [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] is very grateful to [name_u]Lauren[/name_u] for this. Apart from [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] and the rest of the friend group, [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] is also good friends with all the other angel dust members, and admires [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] for breaking it ok with her toxic parents. She loves listening to their music and is their number one fan! The band members find it cute that [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] loves their music, and so does [name_u]Lauren[/name_u]. One of the people in the friendgroup, Miriam’s best friend since the fourth grade, always stands up for her when bullies try to tear her down and cheers the loudest at all her water polo matches- she’s the star player along with her girlfriend who is also on the team. [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] has heard stories about her great great grandparents and wishes she could have met them. That’s all for today and I’m taking a well deserved nap. [name_u]Peace[/name_u] out!!

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Izara Aliyah Rahman (23) is Miriam’s older sister and the backing vocalist in angel dust. She used to be into water polo but decided music was more her thing and went into music instead. She still supports Miriam at water polo and Miriam playfully jokes that “Izara quit because I’m better than her” which Izara laughs about. Izara is super close with Phin and Yves and Miriam and her friends have asked if she’s romantically interested in either man but she isn’t, instead she’s newly dating Katy Goodridge. “People slow down with love as much as they slow down with a yellow light,” Yves snarks, but Izara laughs it off and reassures that she and Katy are in a happy pace and a happy place. Izara also has a good bond with Phin’s genderfluid partner. Izara and Miriam are close and Izara loves it when Miriam is so nice to the other band mates. Izara mutually respects Miriam’s group of friends as well and finds it adorable that they helped her go out with her girlfriend. Izara considers them true friends and doesn’t like to get hopes up, but is believing Miriam’s girlfriend is also Miriam’s true love.

Katy was created by me.

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tw: bullying, panic attacks, ed

Absinthe [name_f]Desiree[/name_f] “Abby” Lavigne (16) is Miriam’s girlfriend and Izara’s acquaintance, she loves Izara’s vibe and thinks she’s the coolest. [name_m]Born[/name_m] in [name_u]Paris[/name_u], [name_u]France[/name_u], [name_u]Abby[/name_u] moved to [name_u]America[/name_u] when she was only eight years old. The second she transferred to her new elementary school, she was bullied. she was met with taunts like “flabby abby” and bullied by the popular kids, and they all thought her accent was hilarious. She tried to hide it in school, too- though it was challenging to simply “grow out of it”. A hierarchy had already been established, and nobody wanted to be friends with the cool [name_u]French[/name_u] kid- despite her siblings doing just fine in school. Through middle school, she was bullied and developed an ED- she’d throw up all the food she ate, if she even did eat, and had panic attacks regularly, despite saying she was fine. However, she decided that she’d try and turn it around in eighth grade- she slowly began to eat more and more food, and she joined the water polo team to get fit. Then, she met [name_f]Miriam[/name_f]- who instantly clicked with her. All of a sudden [name_u]Abby[/name_u] discovered she felt something more with [name_f]Miriam[/name_f]- her parents found out pretty quick and advised her to go for it, and told her they’d always love her. She hopes Miriam’s parents will react the same way- but [name_u]Abby[/name_u] isn’t pressuring her to tell them. She knows how hard it is for [name_f]Miriam[/name_f]. Miriam’s friends were also very happy to meet her and helped [name_u]Abby[/name_u] come out of her shell a little bit. She’s still working her way towards her goals, but ultimately she’s very happy she met [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] and doesn’t know what she’d do without her.

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[name_f]Liliane[/name_f] " [name_f]Lilou[/name_f] " [name_f]Reverie[/name_f] Boisclair (16) is [name_u]Abby[/name_u] 's friend who was a student in the same school as her but was admitted to a gifted program at a young age due to her outstanding abilities in geography and history. The daughter of a French-Canadian professor and an American lawyer, she didn’t really interract with the people in her age group because they assumed she was just a nerd who thinks she’s better than anyone. It wasn’t the case but the rumours and assumptions ruined her reputation and she only interracted with the “uncool” kids who were on the bottom of the school food chain. She eventually developed a protective personality towards her bullied friends and loved to joke around “I’m actually the second coming of Robespierre, if they dare to torment you , I won’t hesitate to chop their head off. Then she grinned and exaggerated her accent, adding " To the guillotine they go!”

She was actually fascinated with Robespierre and history in general because of her father who studied the revolutionary leader’s speeches extensively to be able to do academic reasearch about what really went down during the so-called “Reign of terror” in the [name_u]French[/name_u] Revolution and if Robespierre was really a dictator who orchestrated over 40,000 deaths in [name_u]Paris[/name_u] or only a spacegoat of post-revolutionary propaganda. Unfortunately, while in [name_u]Paris[/name_u] to do his reasearch, her father collaborated with [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] , another reasearcher and they had absolutely different perspectives on the events yet decided to work it out together , resulting in the best-selling book. What followed was a lot of fame and fortune in the academic community which her father turned out to be too vain to ignore and wrote another book with [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] , which they both took as an opportunity to decieve their families and engage in romance. After long moths of absence from the US her dad only came home to deliver divorce papers to her mom and say that he loved [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] and that the Frenchwoman is 7 months pregnant with his child, at which point he had no choice but to leave his American family behind. He did not speak to [name_f]Lilou[/name_f] or to her mom ever again.

Following the events, [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] buried herself in history books despite previously being a rather rebellious and carefree child, hoping that by emulating her father’s interests he would come back home and become proud of her. As a child she blamed herself for her parent’s divorce because she didn’t really understand what led him to abandon the family.

She stayed true to her promise to protect her friends - she reaserched information about eating disorders to be a able to warn [name_u]Abby[/name_u] about the dangers of her behavoiour around food, however when [name_u]Abby[/name_u] ignored her “smartass friend” (like she never did before), [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] alarmed [name_u]Abby[/name_u] 's parents instaed. [name_u]Abby[/name_u] and [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] got into an argument in [name_u]French[/name_u] because [name_u]Abby[/name_u] thought that by telling her parents, [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] betrayed her. However, she now understands that it was for own good. [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] and [name_u]Abby[/name_u] still use [name_u]French[/name_u] as their secret code and it was due to [name_f]Lilou[/name_f] 's great sense of support and motivation mixed in with humour which was one of the driving forces for [name_u]Abby[/name_u] to turn her life around in eight grade. [name_f]Lilou[/name_f] was the first person that [name_u]Abby[/name_u] came out to and the first one of her friends who knew about her and [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] 's relationship. [name_u]Abby[/name_u] jokes that they’ll never have a double date because her friend constantly has her nose in the books, but [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] is actually planning an adventurous trip with her 3 friends from the school’s Geography Club - and one of the members of the club has recently become more than just friends with her. [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] is sure that the travel journal that her friends are going to write during the trip will be a hit in the Geography Club - and she also plans to listen to *angel dust’s * songs while writing because as she says “Without music there is no inspiration for anything”

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[name_m]Pierre[/name_m] [name_m]Jacques[/name_m] Boisclair (52) is the father of [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] and another teenager- who also hates him, probably more than [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] does herself. He used to be a nice man, but fame consumed him slowly and he made impulsive decisions. [name_f]Amelie[/name_f], who was at one time a bright and resourceful woman, soon after the publication of her second book, spiraled into drugs and drinking and partying and now is suffering from a drinking problem- unfortunately the two of them participated in extreme gambling with the book royalties and were forced back into the middle class, into anonymity. [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] lives in [name_u]Paris[/name_u], but he no longer experiences the glamorous nights out and sips of sparkling champagne, as he’s all burnt out and his fifteen minutes of fame are up, and he now lives in a cheap apartment with mold growing in the walls. He and [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] have lost their spark, and she’s decided she no longer respects him as a human being either, and her and her child want out. [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] and Pierre’s child know [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] exists and desperately wants to meet her as they’ve always wanted an older sister. [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] keeps his family afloat by working as a college professor- in [name_m]History[/name_m] ofc. One time he tried to hit on an attractive young woman studying in his class, and she reported him to the office- [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] was not too happy about that- getting Macinday/Durham but [name_u]French[/name_u] vibes here @CherryBomb50 amirite? Cheaters will be cheaters, and [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] has cheated on the so called love of his life multiple times, but [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] is just so burnt out she doesn’t care anymore, not about anything- not even Robespierre. At this point she’s just wasting away as the wife of selfish, narcissistic [name_m]Pierre[/name_m].

[CherryBomb50]

Uncensored warning that this character is dead, but is very immoral and his death is not a tragedy. (This is the 7th dead character I’ve created. I’m starting to think I have the most dead characters, or at least the most dead male characters because I know Sophiesawriter has the most dead female characters.)

[name_u]Henri[/name_u] [name_m]Jéan[/name_m] Boisclair (3 [name_u]January[/name_u] 1943 - 3 [name_u]January[/name_u] 2018, aged 75) was Pierre’s equally-incompetent father, although the two were on much more leveled amounts of immorality, with neither having any innocence or redemption. [name_u]Henri[/name_u] lived in [name_f]Canada[/name_f] and had two children, [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] being one of them. [name_u]Henri[/name_u] always seemed to favour [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] due to his constant skill growing up and had no realisation when [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] lost his skill to start doing bad things. [name_u]Henri[/name_u] always acted as if [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] was always skilled and “perfect” and yelled at anyone trying to say otherwise about him. He often compared his two children and [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] was always put in the best light, no matter how high the bias was to put him in that light. He didn’t care for Pierre’s ex-wife and found her “inferior” to [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] but only wished them well on their marriage because [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] insisted she was the one for him. [name_u]Henri[/name_u] knew [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] cheated on her with [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] but he didn’t care and actually felt like she “deserved it” for not being “good enough” for him.

[name_u]Truth[/name_u] is, even before [name_u]Henri[/name_u] became a father, he was immoral. He faked his way into business school and used credentials he didn’t have. He liked scamming people out of money by using fake names to do it. When he knew people would catch on for him using identities that didn’t exist, he’d steal existing identities to commit scams and fraud. He worked at a bank and was cruel to his co-workers, believing he could treat anyone however he wanted and if he felt someone was “inferior” to him (or Pierre) that he’d make sure they knew he felt that from them. He’d modestly deny that he was a biased and prejudiced individual and would always publicly praise them and make it look “obvious that he wasn’t oppressing anyone”. He also tried to get into politics but thankfully did not win any positions after allegations spread he was rigging it. [name_u]Henri[/name_u] gave up on politics, which is something [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] is grateful for, even though she didn’t live in the same country as him. Henri’s other child and family were grateful as well although at this point Henri’s other child stopped contacting him and has since had children who have hardly ever met him in person.

While [name_u]Henri[/name_u] was rich and successful, he had a fatal flaw with his narcissism — literally. He always believed he would live to 100 despite no known ancestors making it to 90. [name_u]Henri[/name_u] had such a mentality that he was special enough to break that mould and be the first in his family, despite not doing any changes to his health. [name_u]Henri[/name_u] was used to being the one who always thought he was born superior. He paid attention to nothing about history but always acted like he knew more than [name_f]Liliane[/name_f], who was a history bookworm. He tried to make everyone believe him and some people actually did at first, seeing as [name_u]Henri[/name_u] was much older. However [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] was able to prove otherwise and [name_u]Henri[/name_u] insulted anyone who believed he wasn’t the smartest person in his family. Truthfully Liliane’s mother didn’t like [name_u]Henri[/name_u] and knew he wouldn’t try to improve his relationship with her as he was too set on his opinions to change himself. She only talked to him on the phone when [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] forced her to or when he forced her himself, but she had no plans to visit him in person even before she divorced [name_m]Pierre[/name_m]. In fact while [name_u]Henri[/name_u] wanted to still contact Liliane’s mother, he had completely abandoned [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] as a granddaughter, wanting to have no association with any family members he feared to be “smarter than him” and figured it was best for him to pretend [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] “wasn’t family” to validate his ego. This angered her that [name_u]Henri[/name_u] would abandon his own granddaughter and her own daughter but he didn’t have any remorse. [name_u]Henri[/name_u] had a history of heart problems but never cared enough because he felt like something serious like this could “never happen to him”. He was dead wrong — he died of a heart attack on his 75th birthday. Although he had died on his own birthday, nobody other than [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] considered his death a tragedy and [name_u]Henri[/name_u] didn’t even have a funeral. [name_u]Truth[/name_u] is, it was per his wishes as [name_u]Henri[/name_u] had always said he didn’t want one, likely because he didn’t want any “inferior” people to show up, or worse — because people hated him so much that nobody other than [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] would attend and even with his narcissism, [name_u]Henri[/name_u] knew this. [name_u]Henri[/name_u] gave all his inheritance to [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] only, but in the four years since Henri’s death, it was gambled and drunken away just like Pierre’s fame profits. [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] and her mother hardly speak of [name_u]Henri[/name_u] and they know Henri’s death has made [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] much more negative but deep down, they don’t feel bad for either man. They barely even have memories since he always disassociated with them and any memories they did have were negative. They have since tried to contact Henri’s other child and the children of said “inferior child”, who are Liliane’s cousins. [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] and Pierre’s child are interested in [name_f]Liliane[/name_f] but while [name_u]Henri[/name_u] was alive, he didn’t want them to associate because [name_u]Henri[/name_u] irrationally hated [name_f]Liliane[/name_f]. However [name_u]Henri[/name_u] is dead and the decision is no longer in his hands.

[kitkatcookie]

tw: ableism, child being exposed to adult situations

[name_f]Mirabelle[/name_f] " [name_f]Mira[/name_f] " [name_f]Nicolette[/name_f] Boisclair (13) is Henri’s youngest grandchild, the second daughter born to [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] and half-sister of [name_f]Liliane[/name_f]. Growing up with such dysfunctional parents has caused [name_f]Mira[/name_f] to have to mature a little faster than other’s - something that had elements of whiplash to it as her mother would swing from being very overprotective, thanks to Mira’s Spina bifida, but also wrapped up in partying and the new onslaught of emotional tax that came with Pierre’s string of lovers. When there weren’t nanny’s or specialist nurses around to assist her, [name_f]Mira[/name_f] had to keep herself busy, and as much as she’s a bookworm, reading wasn’t a substitute for loneliness. Her parents tended to be so wrapped up in their own social lives that making sure their daughter got to spend time with her school friends was forgotten - something that never made sense to [name_f]Mira[/name_f] with how obviously superficial their social circle was. Most of the kids she met at lavish parties treated her with pity at best or open disdain at worst, looking down on her for being the daughter of ‘new money’ (and that wasn’t counting those who were outright prejudice due to her physical disabilities thanks to her condition).

She often gets the impression her father never really wanted children - he tends to behave like a spoilt teenager at the best of times - and their relationship has always been strained to a degree. When [name_f]Mira[/name_f] finally met someone she liked at one of his parties, another young girl dragged along by aspirational parents, [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] was clearly more interested in pursuing an affair with her mother (a successful orchestra conductor): an absolutely mortifying experience for his daughter, who ended up unable to maintain the friendship due to the shame and guilt she felt whenever they saw one another. In spite of her faults, [name_f]Mira[/name_f] truly loves her mum and seeing her spiral has been a painful experience; especially given how, in spite of her morality being inconsistent where fidelity’s concernee, she was once a bright, optimistic and passionate woman. Her mum did help [name_f]Mira[/name_f] get into playing the violin and flute though, hobbies she’s maintained through financial turbulance - although writing is her absolute dream. While she desperately wants to meet [name_f]Liliane[/name_f], the thought frightens [name_f]Mira[/name_f] to…after all, what if everything collapses under the resentment of the past and she finds her mum going back to her father, when she knows what they need is a proper fresh start.

The plan, haphazard as it is currently, is to go to [name_u]London[/name_u] where her maternal aunt had been living for just over 10 years - somewhere [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] has no ties or friends, and can’t come pestering [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] when he feels a need to leech off her for self-worth. As [name_f]Mira[/name_f] believes nothing means quite as much to her father as his ego.

[wandering_willow]

[name_f]Amelie[/name_f] [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] Boisclair (50) is the former philosopher and author wife of [name_m]Pierre[/name_m]. She’s also the mother of [name_f]Mira[/name_f]. Contrary to her husband’s crude and violent behaviour, [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] is a naturally gentle person and has always tended to [name_f]Mira[/name_f], and trying to make her never feel like a burden. She wants to encourage [name_f]Mira[/name_f] to reach for the stars- though that didn’t go so well for her. Growing up to a rich father, an exhausted mother, and many mistresses, [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] refused to accept her imminent depression and turned to books to relieve her of her sorrows- and soon became enthralled with [name_u]French[/name_u] history. She learned everything she could on it, including Robespierre. And she didn’t have to go to the library, because her father had one built into his mansion- but he believed that books were a waste of time for a man as powerful as him. [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] disagreed, and vowed to never marry a man like him- uh, you failed with that one. Sorry, [name_f]Amelie[/name_f], you failed.

[name_f]Amelie[/name_f] got into the best university possible- not because her parents paid for it, but because she studied hard, and ended up meeting [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] some time later. [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] seemed like a rude jerk and she didn’t want to be involved with him. But, she felt like she didn’t have a choice, and that settled it. She researched with him and put together the book- you know the one partner that doesn’t do any of the work but gets the credit? That is [name_m]Pierre[/name_m]. Amelie’s mother advised her to leave that awful man, but by the time shed already considered it, she was pregnant with [name_f]Mira[/name_f]. [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] is currently working at a school as a tutor for exchange students from other French-speaking countries, and everyone at her school admires her for her work…but [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] is still torn between leaving [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] and staying for her daughter’s sake.

[moonwriteen]

Frederique " Freddie " Yvonne Labossiere (57) is Amelie 's older sister who lives in London. She knows that her sister is trying her best to be a good mother to Mira and let her reach her dreams despite the limitations that she may have , but she thinks that it’s impossible up until she breaks away from the toxic marriage with Pierre. She knows that the reason Amelie got into the marriage in the first place was because of the toxic patterns they both knew from home - their father, Armand , always showed blatant favouritism towards her for “at least knowing how to use her hands and doing something useful” because Armand disapproved heavily of Amelie 's enchantment with history books and especially with Robespierre - he told her that there was no use trying to understand a man so bloodthristy, hungry for power and arrogant as Maximilien Robespierre, however Freddie now knows that belittling the historical figure was just a way for Armand to project his own bad traits and insecurities onto a man who died over 200 years prior because he just couldn’t bear that his daughter looked up to a man other than himself.

“He at least had principles that he lived by. He never once took a bribe in his entire political career, loved animals and lived a modest life until the very end, starting from the bottom as a humble lawyer. What do you do? You just live in a mansion flaunting wealth and expecting everyone to bow down to you without spending a single second to earn their respect. Yes, I admire him more than I do you, now what?!”

Those were the words Amelie told Armand when he was trying to burn her books about the Revolution in the fireplace and even suceeded with one , which simply sent her into a rage and she also told Freddie how it was partially her fault for Amelie being the black sheep of the family , because Freddie never once stood up for her younger sister and Freddie 's passion for sewing was much more appreciated by the family than hers.

What followed was a long period of no contact between Freddie and Amelie - the latter began studying at the univerisity of Aix-Marseille to move away from Paris and her family, while Freddie went even further to separate herself from the environment and went to study fashion design in Cardiff. She had one love at college - a fellow student of the same univeristy, a very charming Welsh guy - but remembering her father’s behaviour and mistresses along with her mother’s exhaustion she made a vow never to marry. Amelie and Freddie were in their mid-30s when they reconnected so that they could support their mom emotionally and make her aware of Armand’s emotional manipulation.

Freddie briefly envied her sister what seemed like a perfect and glamorous love life and successful, notable career in the field she loved however it quickly became appearent that Amelie 's natural gentle and caring side was wilting in favour of elitism that Pierre inflicted in her. Amelie was dealing with the shallowness of her once modest but much happier life by drinking , which then developed into appearent alcoholism. Her drinking stopped completely when Amelie got pregnant with Mira and stayed at home with her for 3 years, however the publication of her (& theoretically Pierre 's ) second book reignited the Boisclair family’s need to keep up appearances and made Amelie go into relapse. From that point on Freddie became her sister’s (and then niece’s) shoulder to cry on regardless the distance that was between them across the La Manche Channel.

She lives in London working in an atelier there and having a small yet loyal base of customers as a fashion designer. She loves the hustle and bustle of the city, going to museums always reminds her of her sister’s fun facts about history. She also has a French Beaceron named Voltaire who is there to protect her small suburban house from potential intruders. A very sociable and extroverted person, she is part of a London book club where she socialises with women in her age group - one of them, Nerys , is her best friend and has been teaching her Welsh for years while Freddie offered the same kind of help with Nerys ’ French. They have since both reached intermediate level. Nerys is the only one who knows about the troubles of Freddie 's family and the fact that Amelie and Mira want to live with her in London to get away from Pierre so that Amelie can go into rehab and Mira can start forming healthy , functional friendships, escaping from blatant ableism of her father and environment. Freddie also encourages Amelie to connect with Liliane and her mother so that their testimonies can speed up the process of divorce.