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[name_f]Viviane[/name_f] [name_u]Lennox[/name_u] Reaux-Quenneville (23) is the child of [name_f]Jolie[/name_f] and [name_f]Jacinthe[/name_f]. Their life is very happy- they live with their partners and their one daughter- though they’re planning to add more to their family. They love their sweet little brother and hope they don’t drift apart ever- their brother really enjoys being an uncle to a baby girl and often volunteers to babysit. [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] gave birth to their baby, and Viviane’s daughter has proclaimed [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] is her favorite parent, much to the chagrin of her other parents. [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] wasn’t always as happy as they are now- they were born on a farm in southern [name_u]France[/name_u], in a big family. Their mother was a housewife, and their father was an agricultural worker who was awfully disrespectful towards his workers- and his children. When [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] was only seven, he hanged himself as he was drowning in debt and saw it as the only way out, and their mother was left penniless. She was then forced to give up all of her children one by one despite trying to scrape up all the money she could. She decided her children would have a better life elsewhere though she truly meant well- she left [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] on the streets with their youngest brother, who was born with a debilitating birth defect. Despite their young age at the time [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] proved to be an exceptional caretaker- until the [name_u]French[/name_u] officials took them in with their brother and placed them into the foster care system. Their counselor was a mean and deceptive woman who placed them into the care of a widowed old woman, who’d beat [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] when they refused to do work, and even pressed a hot iron onto their face as a cruel form of punishment. When [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] transferred foster homes they were very happy. It took a while for them to actually trust [name_f]Jacinthe[/name_f] and [name_f]Jolie[/name_f], though they came to love the two women with all of their heart and consider them as mothers. Viviane’s little brother instantly loved his mothers and connected with them. [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] was left with scars after staying with their old foster mother and would often wear long sleeved shirts up until high school- they transitioned sophomore year, and [name_f]Jacinthe[/name_f] and [name_f]Jolie[/name_f] were very accepting of her. [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] has since decided to embrace their scars- though life has been very tough for them and all of their partners are worried about them. Their polycule is very worried about their mental health and is willing to do anything to help them, as are their two mothers and their wonderful younger brother- who has just turned 10 and gotten the help that he needs with his condition. [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] is glad that they have gotten through all of this and are now with the people who love them most, and they feel they’re exactly where they’re meant to be despite the struggles.

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tw: uncensored homophobia

[name_u]Maxime[/name_u] [name_f]Adrianna[/name_f] " [name_u]Max[/name_u] " Blanc (22) is one of Viviane’s partners and a new addition to the polycule. Initially, [name_u]Max[/name_u] was just a mutual friend of the polycule before they all confessed to her— which led [name_u]Max[/name_u] to have a teary-eyed realisation that they were allowed to love multiple people at once. [name_u]Max[/name_u] is the disowned daughter of a pastor and his wife, who decided that [name_u]Max[/name_u] was no longer their daughter once she came out as bisexual. She was kicked out at 16, forced to live on the streets whilst going to school at the same time. Because she wasn’t able to go to college, [name_u]Max[/name_u] became a tattoo artist’s apprentice instead. She quickly excelled and has become an underground name around her community.

Despite Max’s harsh introduction into the real world and a strong dislike for her father’s misuse of religion, being raised in that sort of environment has given her struggles of internalised homophobia. Sometimes she struggles with the idea that she’s allowed to love who she wants to love, and [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] and the rest of her partners are all there to support her. [name_u]Max[/name_u] isn’t the best with children, but she likes that Viviane’s daughter calls her “Auntie Max”.

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[name_f]Dulcinea[/name_f] " [name_f]Dulcie[/name_f] " [name_f]Cecile[/name_f] Northridge (22) is Max’s best friend, and met her because their sibling’s the other member of the polycule. Having been born and raised in [name_m]Quebec[/name_m], [name_f]Dulcie[/name_f] came to [name_u]France[/name_u] to visit their sibling after ultimately realising they weren’t going to go to university, and wanted to start afresh while not completely disconnected from their family. Knowing what [name_u]Max[/name_u] and [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] went through makes [name_f]Dulcie[/name_f] even more appreciative of their own parents: who are nothing but kind, loving and supportive people who consider the partners of their children no different than extended blood relatives. After working some menial jobs to pay rent, [name_f]Dulcie[/name_f] ended up involved in gallery work - purely accidental after their sibling recommended this to them - and now is involved in an exhibition network that specialises in pop-up events for small artists; being in charge of the social media management to garner interest and spread awareness of upcoming displays. They love their job as it compliments Dulcie’s interest in people perfectly, helped by the fact they’ve got a catalogue of random trivia perfect for any conversation.

Children are also something they handle well, especially their niece, although they can’t babysit as much due to working unpredictable hours and also living with three other friends who tend to like some peace and quiet (not exactly unanimous with children). [name_f]Dulcie[/name_f] knows they want to become a parent themselves some day but not immediately, as they’d like to travel some more and also ideally find a partner with a schedule that compliments their own - as companionship is absolutely something they love, be it familial (how they count their pet gecko, [name_u]Virgil[/name_u], and no-one can tell them otherwise), platonic or romantic. For how much they love meeting people, dating terrifies [name_f]Dulcie[/name_f] - who feels very inexperienced when it comes to romance - and they tend to ask their sibling or [name_u]Max[/name_u] for advice, especially now there’s suspicions one of their art contacts has plans on asking them out.

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[name_f]Christine[/name_f] [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] Northridge (26) is Dulcie’s older sister. [name_f]Christine[/name_f] and [name_u]Max[/name_u] love giving advice to [name_f]Dulcie[/name_f] about relationships but only when they want to talk about it. [name_f]Christine[/name_f] has an untraditional love story, she was actually a single mother to one girl, Dulcie’s niece. However unlike most happily single mothers, [name_f]Christine[/name_f] wanted love, not just to raise her daughter, but true love in a serious relationship. When [name_f]Christine[/name_f] was 23, she found the woman of her dreams, who is also a single mother to 1. They married six months ago and their children are stepsiblings. [name_f]Dulcie[/name_f] loves children and loves how the blended family is working out so well for both kiddos and how they act like genuine siblings. [name_f]Christine[/name_f] is still close with her own parents and works as a hairstylist at their salon. [name_f]Christine[/name_f] has a younger sister-in-law who is a great friend to [name_f]Dulcie[/name_f] and lives with them and their other two friends, who also loves children but relates to how crazy they can be and wants to live away for now.
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[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m] ’ Ferro ’ [name_m]Willis[/name_m] Northridge (24) is the middle Northridge sibling and member of the polycule with [name_u]Max[/name_u] and [name_f]Viviane[/name_f], as well as the third parent to their child [and technically the other biological parent with [name_f]Viviane[/name_f], but they prefer to avoid using this terminology]. Working as a model and co-owning a zine printing business, Ferro’s genderfluid and uses they/he pronouns interchangeably, having moved to [name_u]France[/name_u] because their best friend - and business partner - wanted to move to where he grew up to be closer to his stepfather, who’s currently undergoing chemotherapy.

Being bilingual, it only took Ferro two months to make their mind up about making the step to reunite with him - as the zine printing was easier when they were both in the same studio - even if saying goodbye to their beloved parents was a big step. They’re in constant contact with them and [name_f]Christine[/name_f] though, with Ferro and [name_f]Dulcie[/name_f] being the only people to refer to her by the nickname ‘Chris’ [one coined when they were very small, and it’s never gone away for them at least].

Currently, Ferro and [name_f]Dulcie[/name_f] are planning a trip to visit their family back in [name_m]Quebec[/name_m], as they want to spend more time with Christine’s young family, and Ferro would like their 8-month-old to finally meet her grandparents, who she’s heard so much about and vidchatted with, but never met. They have some of Dulcie’s social inclinations too, but are nowhere as at ease as them, and the two have a joke about Ferro needing lessons from their sibling. Given Max’s career as a tattooist, Ferro is also currently working on a zine collaboration with her that’s bought them even closer together, as they do sometimes worry about her feeling left out as the newest member; but don’t want to set any expectations up either, and make her feel pressured into taking big steps.

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[name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] [name_u]Griffin[/name_u] (23) is one of the other polycule members. Bun uses she/bun in everyday conversation, and while bun’s parents were similar to Max’s in that they thought bun was delusional, and dismissed bun’s feelings, [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] is trying to push through bun’s trauma and forget it ever happened to bun, as bun is worried that bun will destroy the polycule’s dynamic. [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] acts as the therapist friend and mom friend both in bun’s friend group and polycule. Bun often listens to the others vent about their traumatic experiences, and while bun has no problem with that bun wishes others would listen to bun more. As mentioned earlier, [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] and [name_u]Max[/name_u] have very similar backgrounds though Ferelith’s parents were not as hyper religious as Max’s own. [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] was born in [name_m]Limerick[/name_m], [name_u]Ireland[/name_u], and bun’s family moved to [name_u]France[/name_u] when bun was younger as bun’s father worked as a salesman, which required him to transfer locations. Bun’s parents were very xenophobic and when [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] came out as xenogender at the age of 10, bun’s parents shunned bun and considered bun to not be their daughter anymore, which severely hurt bun. All of that ended when [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] met [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] in college- the two started out as friends, which blossomed into a full blown relationship. The two met another polycule member and both simultaneously developed a crush on this person, and then later decided to date them…bun didn’t meet Ferro until college age, and the two are very close and often joke about having similar names. [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] and [name_u]Max[/name_u] often spend time together as [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] was the first one to meet [name_u]Max[/name_u], and suggested introducing her to their polycule. [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] loves bun’s daughter and fully considers bunself to be a mother.

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[name_m]Gaspard[/name_m] [name_m]Laurent[/name_m] Boisclair (26) is a former member of Ferelith‘s polycule. He is Philippe’s older son, Clyde’s brother, and Vince’s half-brother. He gets along with his father but never wants to contact his mother, but gives credit that at least she isn’t bigoted against anyone’s gender or sexuality. [name_m]Gaspard[/name_m] had a few reasons why he didn’t feel right in the polycule; he’s older than the other members, he doesn’t want kids, and truthfully he wasn’t into polyamory. Deep down some people believe Ferro took his spot since he joined when [name_m]Gaspard[/name_m] left, but both [name_m]Gaspard[/name_m] and Ferro know Ferro isn’t a “replacement Gaspard”. He’s tried his best to stay friends despite Gaxit, the nickname for [name_m]Gaspard[/name_m] exiting the polycule, which is actually a term he came up with sarcastically. [name_m]Gaspard[/name_m] has still been good friends with the polycule and helps them when any members need advice one-on-one with someone not in the group. Although he and Ferro never co-existed in the polyamory, he gets along with Ferro the most due to them both being models. He gets along with Ferro’s friend as well and he credits Ferro’s friend for making it less awkward that he’s no longer in the polycule. [name_m]Gaspard[/name_m] is proudly child-free but is always kind to the 8-month-old daughter — she’s a really sweet baby.
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Tw: drinking problem and abusive dad

[name_m]Sebastien[/name_m] [name_f]Xin[/name_f] “ [name_m]Bastien[/name_m] “ Wang (20) is the final member of the 5-person polycule and the boyfriend of [name_u]Max[/name_u], [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f], Ferro and [name_f]Viviane[/name_f]. He’s also the father of the 8-month-old baby- he considers himself a father despite biology, and the baby even refers to him as her father- along with Ferro. [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] and [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] are mommies, and [name_u]Max[/name_u] is of course the cool auntie. [name_m]Bastien[/name_m] appreciates [name_u]Max[/name_u] and her dry, sarcastic sense of humor, and is glad the polycule welcomed her. [name_m]Bastien[/name_m] grew up in a home where him and his sisters were targeted by their evil, drunk father, and when their father had his kids taken away from him [name_m]Bastien[/name_m] was glad as his sisters and him could finally be safe. Bastien’s middle sister is 15, and his youngest sister is 10 and best friends with Viviane’s younger brother. [name_m]Bastien[/name_m] wasn’t a part of the polycule when [name_m]Gaspard[/name_m] was, so he doesn’t know him very well and isn’t too familiar with him but from what Ferro has said to him he wants to meet [name_m]Gaspard[/name_m] as he seems like a nice person. [name_m]Bastien[/name_m] is a very observant person and has noticed that [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] hasn’t been acting like bunself lately and whenever someone tries to vent bun happily offers to help but looks a bit sad deep down- he’s tried to ask bun what’s wrong but bun has always kept bun’s feelings bottled up, and bun isn’t used to telling other people about bun’s personal things. However [name_m]Bastien[/name_m] is always there to support bun. Of the five polycule members [name_m]Bastien[/name_m] is the main source of income- he works three jobs and his stress is off the charts lately. [name_m]Bastien[/name_m] has severe chronic anxiety and often bites his nails to stubs- this may have been caused by his father and their relationship when it existed. [name_m]Bastien[/name_m] is naturally a very talented mathematics person (How does it feel to live my dream?), so he often counts up all the paychecks and adds them up though all the other people in the polycule assure him that money is fine, as there are five of them and obviously they make a lot more money than two people (well all of them need therapy so if you suck that out of their paycheck it’s the same as like half a person) but [name_m]Bastien[/name_m] refuses to listen to any of them, he refuses to listen to logical arguments. And deep down he knows they’re right. But when he gets home and finishes his work, the one thing he considers worth all the work is his young daughter- he vows to provide her a better life than his own as a baby. [name_m]Bastien[/name_m] is considering proposing to [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f]- bun was the first polycule member he met as he met bun first despite [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] and [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] having a crush on him at the same time, and he hopes bun and him can maybe have their own biological child so that his daughter could have a brother or sister. However anxiety is eating him alive and every time he tries to propose he’s interrupted by soemthing- if not he’s consumed by anxiety already. But he knows he’ll muster up the courage to do it someday- because he knows he loves bun more than he cares about his anxiety and he’s not going to let anxiety win.

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[name_f]Lucille[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] Xiaoyi Beaumont-Wang (19) is Sebatien’s cousin. [name_m]Born[/name_m] to a white mother and Chinese father, [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] has struggled with her cultural identity for most of her life. Oddly enough, it was her mother who helped the most when it came to embracing Chinese culture— telling her there was nothing wrong with her and that regardless of how she looks, she’s always going to be part Chinese. She loves her father’s culture and wishes to go to [name_f]China[/name_f] someday.

Maybe her lack of identity is what drew [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] to makeup— she could paint over what she couldn’t make sense of and give meaning to it. Though she’s at university for organic chemistry (Lucille’s love for science rivals her love for makeup), [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] makes makeup tutorials for YouTube and TikTok, and has been enjoying the surprise from her audience that she’s actually a STEM student having fun. She has genuinely thought about pursuing makeup as a career, but she doesn’t want to turn a comfort into a job for her. She never wants to be forced to do makeup. [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] has a lot of PR packages from companies, though, and gives them to her friends and family for free.

When [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] went to university, she was amazed to find people like her— a lot of the times she felt like she was the only one who had those issues, even if she knew that wasn’t true. Her core friend group, six people including her, is full of mixed people and people who grew up outside of their culture. They all bonded over the confusion and the solidarity that comes with not belonging anywhere. [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] thinks she’s made a home with her friends and hopes they’ll continue to be friends for a long, long time.

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[name_f]Portia[/name_f] [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] Callaghan-Sanchez (19) is one of Lucille’s close friends who she met through university, majoring in [name_f]English[/name_f] Language and Linguistic studies. Having been adopted from Ecuador when she was ten months old, [name_f]Portia[/name_f] grew up in a household with little connection to her roots: nothing intentional on the behalf of her parents, they were just cut off entirely from their daughters’ heritage, and she was their first adopted child. Her only tie was her retaining her birth mother’s surname as part of her own, but [name_f]Portia[/name_f] nevern quite felt ready to try reaching out to uncover more about her biological family. It was in middle school when [name_f]Portia[/name_f] began trying to discover herself, and she began learning Spanish - which unlocked her interest in speech therapy a few years later, as she learned more about communication and how she compared to her peers who had been raised in bilingual households. She’s almost fluent now but doesn’t have much confidece speaking and prefers writing, having a correspondence with an online friend she’s made in [name_u]Brazil[/name_u], who’s been her biggest support in connecting with her heritage.

Lack of confidence is what influences [name_f]Portia[/name_f] a lot: she worries easily and tends to have imposter syndrome at the best of times, meaning to some classmates she seems slightly neurotic about her studies. Group projects are her absolute worst nightmare and she’s relieved to have such a strong support network in her friends, who don’t judge her for being so determined to do well, while giving her advise to minimise her anxieties. She is a very talented climber - trees, rocks, walls - and has a good head when facing heights; belonging to her universities society, and she dives for fun too - but not competitively, as [name_f]Portia[/name_f] couldn’t imagine anything worse for herself. Her parents regularly check in and she knows they feel guilty for how she was cut off from her heritage, but [name_f]Portia[/name_f] doesn’t resent them and understands they were trying their best to just help her settle and feel loved in their home. What she doesn’t miss so much is her little sister frequently borrowing her clothes without asking, as [name_f]Portia[/name_f] absolutely loves coordinating her ensembles, and having the rhythm disrupted annoys her like little else.

There’s also a pretty cute guy who comes to the smoothie bar where she works 3 shifts a week but Portia’s friends are very gentle with their teasing as they know she just wants to approach him when her anxiety isn’t at its peak.

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tw: uncensored mention of an eating disorder

[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] Jihyun " [name_u]Kitty[/name_u] " [name_u]Kim[/name_u] (18) is part of [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] and Portia’s friend group. [name_u]Kitty[/name_u] and [name_f]Portia[/name_f] relate to each other a lot: [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] was born and raised away from [name_u]South[/name_u] Korea, the only connection to her roots being her middle name and being able to speak Korean. [name_u]Kitty[/name_u] had to be the translator for her immigrant parents since she was young, and she’s soon become an expert in both languages. Other than that, [name_u]Kitty[/name_u] hasn’t been surrounded by many Korean-Americans, and wishes she could find those like her. She’s planning on studying abroad in Korea soon, and is extremely excited for it. Her parents have apologised for not going back to Korea during holidays and such, but [name_u]Kitty[/name_u] knows it was because they wanted her to focus on her studies in the states. She’s downloaded a foreign language app and has connected with fellow Koreans who want to learn [name_f]English[/name_f], and she’s befriended a boy her age.

[name_u]Kitty[/name_u] is a dance major— starting from ballet and ending up in street/urban dancing. The style she prefers is the latter: ballet gave her severe body dysmorphia and to this day she has trouble with how she looks like in mirror. Her friends at university have noticed this and are very kind to [name_u]Kitty[/name_u], often eating with her and being gentle with her in her recovery. Being a dancer also means she’s extremely hard on herself and compares herself to others, something [name_f]Portia[/name_f], [name_f]Lucille[/name_f], and the rest of her friends are trying to stop. She knows it’s not kind to herself to do that, but [name_u]Kitty[/name_u] knows she has to improve some way or another, and is working on feeling neutral first before practising self-love. [name_u]Baby[/name_u] steps, she says, is the easiest way for her.

Kitty’s also been playing wingman and has asked the boy from the smoothie bar if he thought [name_f]Portia[/name_f] was cute, pretending to not know her. He said “yes”, so [name_u]Kitty[/name_u] has given [name_f]Portia[/name_f] the signal that she can go ahead and talk to him.

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[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_f]Jacinthe[/name_f] Reaux-Quenneville (8 months old) is [name_f]Viviane[/name_f], Ferro, [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] and [name_m]Bastien[/name_m] ‘s baby. She knows [name_u]Kitty[/name_u] because she’s done video chats with [name_f]Lucille[/name_f]. [name_u]Kitty[/name_u] thinks [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] is adorable, and wants to meet her in person someday, and maybe even babysit her. Ivy’s favorite pasttimes are finger painting, dancing and rolling around in the sun, and [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] adores her along with all her other parents. They spoil [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] and the rest of their polycule always tell them that too…

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TW: eating disorders

Ailbhe Sinead Griffin (18) is one of Ivy’s aunts, the younger sister of Ferelith and a close friend of Kitty. The pair’s closeness stems from their mutual struggles with their relationships with food, Ailbhe having first developed bulimia in reaction to the toxic home environment that slowly became more and more overbearing as she grew up; piquing when Ferelith’s expression of bun’s gender identity caused the Griffin’s to react by tightening their control on Ailbhe as a means of coping. Their biggest concern with her struggle was hiding it from anyone who they looked up to, barely permitting their younger child to attend a support group, and monitoring what she said there obsessively.

What they underestimated though, was Ailbhe’s ability to be proactive, especially as she came to desire to break away more and more. With the help of Kitty, who she didn’t fully open up to until they met in person (as Ailbhe hates the idea of burdening anyone, something her current therapist attributes to her parents obsession with their narrow-minded view on ‘normality’ and how they projected it onto both her and Ferelith in different ways), she applied for university in America; albeit not the same one Kitty, Lucille and Portia are attending - as Ailbhe based her application on most affordable accommodation - but an hour away on the train, so she hangs out with their group whenever she has a spare moment on her fashion communications course.

The Griffin’s were so eager to escape any kind of social judgment, they happily accepted the idea of Ailbhe studying abroad, although it was hard for her to be apart from Ferelith - who she’d managed to secretly maintain a relationship with (as being as quiet as she is, Ailbhe rebelling is something her parents never considered). Her parents did subsequently learn all she’d been up to and promptly disowned Ailbhe, after threats about somehow ending her scholarship failed to drag her back to them; but she’s managed to come to terms with things, knowing it’s for the best in the long run that all contact is cut off. Like Kitty, Ailbhe’s now taking things in her life slowly, enjoying the little things like going the beach with her uni friend group, attending live music events (as one of her friend’s is in a notorious college circuit band: Mercury Poisoning) and going for hikes to clear her head.

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Ferelith was created by @wandering_willow

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cw: character is a bully.

[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_f]Siobhan[/name_f] “ [name_f]Molly[/name_f] “ O’Leary [name_u]Griffin[/name_u] (52) is the mother of [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] and [name_u]Ailbhe[/name_u]. She’s also the grandmother of [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], though [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] doesn’t know her and will never know her thanks to [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f]. Bun cut bun’s mother out of bun’s life a long time ago and is now living with no regrets- however [name_u]Ailbhe[/name_u] is still connected with her. [name_m]Born[/name_m] into a very wealthy family, in a mansion nestled between the city of [name_u]Dublin[/name_u] and the countryside, [name_f]Molly[/name_f] and her sisters had always been taught to marry rich, and that if you’re pretty you can achieve anything- if not, you’d better scrape up all the money you can find and get plastics. [name_f]Molly[/name_f] was very conventionally pretty back when she was young and made her youngest sister feel terrible about herself- that sister cut [name_f]Molly[/name_f] out of her life completely, and is still living in [name_u]Dublin[/name_u]. [name_f]Molly[/name_f] sees her youngest sister as pathetic and doesn’t envy her at all. [name_f]Molly[/name_f] developed an ED in her youth as an attempt to “perfect herself” and she is still picky around food, and [name_f]Molly[/name_f] encourages the behaviors in her daughter [name_u]Ailbhe[/name_u]. She even insults [name_u]Ailbhe[/name_u] as an attempt to “motivate her” to lose a couple more pounds.

[name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] was always Ailbhe’s protector in her youth, telling her she was beautiful just as she was. [name_f]Molly[/name_f] never failed to hurt [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] or [name_u]Ailbhe[/name_u] and traumatized [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] too. Molly’s oldest sister came out, and is living in the Irish countryside with the woman of her life happily now, but as a young child [name_f]Molly[/name_f] tormented her too, and made her feel awful when she did come out. Molly’s second-to-youngest sister lives in [name_u]France[/name_u] as well as [name_f]Molly[/name_f], and the two are still friends despite [name_f]Molly[/name_f] being blatantly rude whenever her sister makes a mistake. Her sister has never dated a man which [name_f]Molly[/name_f] finds suspicious- her sister’s friends with [name_f]Jacinthe[/name_f] and [name_f]Jolie[/name_f] and is planning to actually come out as well. [name_f]Molly[/name_f] would never accept her though. [name_f]Molly[/name_f] met her husband at a gala hosted by the O’Leary parents and decided that he had enough money and she could totally get him- which worked until he turned out to be terribly abusive and awful. [name_f]Molly[/name_f] stayed with him as money is her primary motive in life and it’s the only thing she cares about at this point. [name_f]Molly[/name_f] and Ailbhe’s relationship could maybe be fixed but not hers with [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f]- she doesn’t even know that bun has a daughter. [name_f]Molly[/name_f] is way too far gone- maybe nothing can save her now.

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[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Niamh[/name_f] Xueying " [name_f]Elle[/name_f] " [name_u]Griffin[/name_u] (19) is one of Margaret’s adopted nieces and an adopted cousin of [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] and [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f]. [name_f]Elle[/name_f] was adopted from [name_f]China[/name_f] when she was just a couple of months old, and her parents respected her heritage by keeping her name at birth. Contrary to [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], who belittled her mother in her youth and thus kept [name_f]Elle[/name_f] away from the woman, Elle’s mum was an absolute sweetheart and helped [name_f]Elle[/name_f] grow into the young lady she is now. Whilst she stays away from [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], [name_f]Elle[/name_f] keeps contact with her cousins, even getting the news of Ivy’s birth and adoring the baby. [name_f]Elle[/name_f] has offered to babysit if the polycule is ever busy— [name_f]Elle[/name_f] loves children and wants some of her own someday.

[name_f]Elle[/name_f] is also part of [name_u]Kitty[/name_u], [name_f]Portia[/name_f], and Lucille’s friend group— [name_f]Elle[/name_f] and [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] bonded over their cloudy connection with her [name_f]Asian[/name_f] culture. [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] knows [name_f]Elle[/name_f] is even more disconnected from [name_f]China[/name_f] than she is, and is currently also teaching her some Mandarin. Though [name_f]Elle[/name_f] knows she couldn’t visit [name_f]China[/name_f] when she was younger due to financial strains, [name_f]Elle[/name_f] doesn’t resent her mum at all and loves her deeply. [name_f]Elle[/name_f] has four siblings including herself, all adopted. She enjoys how diverse her home life is and happily immerses herself in her siblings’ heritages all around the world.

Other than her complicated home life and her struggles with her identity, [name_f]Elle[/name_f] is glad to find her passion: she’s at university studying to become a forensic scientist. Admittedly, [name_f]Elle[/name_f] knows her career choice was partly made due to growing up around shows like CSI and the like, but she does believe she can make a difference in the world. [name_f]Elle[/name_f] despises the amount of missing people that aren’t found each year and she hopes that with her contributions to the world, that percentage might drop just a little.

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[name_f]Eilis[/name_f] [name_f]Eithne[/name_f] [name_u]Griffin[/name_u] (50) is Elle’s adoptive mother and Molly’s estranged sister. Given the way [name_f]Molly[/name_f] treated her children, they were no longer in contact with her and have no plans to do so and [name_f]Eilis[/name_f] makes sure [name_f]Molly[/name_f] never harasses them. She is in STEM as a physicist and loves making every day better through her knowledge of science. She also adores the periodic table of elements and finds [name_u]Mercury[/name_u] Poisoning to be a pretty epic scientific name for a band even though she doesn’t quite know their notoriety. She, [name_u]Ailbhe[/name_u], and [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] are close and she and her wife act like alternate parents to her and bun. She doesn’t care if her sister finds her suspicious for never dating a man, she’s in a committed relationship with her wife and support all 4 of their adoptive children. If anything is really suspicious, it’s the criminal activity behind missing and exploited people, so [name_f]Eilis[/name_f] supports and motivates [name_f]Elle[/name_f] to pursue forensic science, after all her help would make every day better. [name_f]Eilis[/name_f] loves her Irish culture but never uses it to take away from other cultures, and wants to do better with aligning her children to their culture as much as possible.
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Orla Fiadh Monahan-Griffin (56) is the aunt of Ferelith, Elle and Ailbhe. She’s also the oldest sister of Molly and Eilis- she’s happy that Eilis doesn’t talk to Molly very often and stands up for Ferelith and Ailbhe. When Ferelith began to express bun’s gender, Molly shunned her and said “that’s ridiculous, you were born a woman and always will be.” Orla was infuriated- her wife is AMAB and she’s disgusted with her little sister’s behaviour. When Orla heard of Ailbhe’s relationship with food and her ED, she was also horrified at how awful Molly could be- she’s living in a rural community with her wife and tries to only go to France to see Eilis and always tiptoes around Molly, trying not to approach her. When they were all growing up, Orla, like Ferelith, would always protect Eilis and her youngest sister from their evil parents and Molly- deep down Orla loves Molly but she hates her behaviour.

Orla loves all of Eilis’ children and often spoils them, buying them all sorts of treats and gifts, despite Eilis and her wife protesting against it. She’s very protective of Eilis and her wife’s kids, too. Orla has a kid of her own- a daughter, who’s a mentor figure to Elle and all her other siblings. Orla is very proud of her daughter- her daughter is studying abroad, but she’s still in Europe which makes Orla very happy- after all, transcontinental flights cost more and Orla plans on visiting her daughter once a month. Whenever Molly makes a snide comment on adoption and how Eilis’ children “aren’t really family” and are just “a bunch of intruders” coming from “dirty countries,” Orla will march right up to her and give her a speech on how families come in all different sizes. Orla tries to not pick a favorite of her nieces and nephews on Eilis’ side but she probably prefers the oldest child as she reminds her of herself as a young woman.

As for Orla’s youngest little sister, she’s still angry about how the family dynamic shaped her view of herself- and still does to this day. Orla’s parents told her she was “an ugly little girl” but Orla tuned them out, as she sees her beauty and that’s enough for her. But her sister was never like her…she still believes she’s ugly and Orla resents her parents for that. She hopes the trauma can all blow over but she’s scared it never will…

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[name_m]Alexandre[/name_m] " [name_u]Alexi[/name_u] " [name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_u]Griffin[/name_u] (23) is Orla’s nephew and one of Eilis’s adoptive children. He is [name_u]French[/name_u] Polynesian descent although he was born in [name_f]Bora[/name_f] [name_f]Bora[/name_f]. He is a solo singer and guitarist, known for his deep lyrics and riffs. [name_f]Molly[/name_f] never listens to his music and hates that [name_f]Orla[/name_f] and [name_f]Eilis[/name_f] have had performances of his dedicated to them but she hasn’t, even though she knows [name_u]Alexi[/name_u] won’t ever do that. [name_f]Molly[/name_f] and [name_u]Alexi[/name_u] are cut off from each other for the most part, for the best. He supports street performers a lot and always gives tips, knowing that they aren’t well-known and often don’t have money but are willing to perform to their heart’s content to make themselves and passers-by have a little more happiness to their days.

[name_u]Alexi[/name_u] and [name_f]Elle[/name_f] are both very close and like to help one another get immersed by their cultures with the help of their other siblings. [name_u]Alexi[/name_u] is almost always a happy person and a personal motivator to his family and friends, or really anyone he feels needs a “boost” of happiness and confidence. He feels Molly’s lifestyle is sad, both to herself and to the people she’s mistreated, and avoids her, just to make both of them feel better. He likes to give back to [name_f]Orla[/name_f] for buying him so many great gifts and the two are mutually generous.

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Ruqayya [name_u]Noor[/name_u] “ [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] “ [name_u]Griffin[/name_u] (22) is one of [name_f]Eilis[/name_f] and her wife’s adopted children. She loves listening to her brother play guitar, despite not being musically inclined or talented at all, she thinks [name_u]Alexi[/name_u] should keep going. She’s proud of her mother for keeping minimal contact with [name_f]Molly[/name_f], as she agrees how toxic Molly’s behaviour can be. [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], her siblings and cousins (including Molly’s daughters) make jokes about how [name_f]Molly[/name_f] is a devil spawn and related to two women named [name_f]Trisha[/name_f] and [name_f]Caitlyn[/name_f]- while [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] has no idea why this popped up or who [name_f]Trisha[/name_f] or [name_f]Caitlyn[/name_f] are, she thinks it’s hilarious. All the cousins are super close and even made a Facebook account- [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] Macinday’s profile popped up and while they didn’t spam him with hate, they did snicker at Molly’s comments- despite being both married and homophobic, [name_f]Molly[/name_f] made some comments on how hot [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] was- everyone thinks it’s funny, her obsession with [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] has gotten a bit out of control. (Though I will give her credit for being the appropriate age to use Facebook- [name_f]Caitlyn[/name_f] and [name_f]Trisha[/name_f] are way too young to be using old people websites, sorry).

Unlike some of her siblings who don’t know their parents, [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] met hers- she lived with them until she was around six years and one month old. [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] was born in [name_m]Riyadh[/name_m], to three loving parents (her dad, her mom and her dad’s other wife) and many siblings. All three of the adults in the family were involved in a horrific car accident and died with some of Ruby’s siblings and half siblings in the car! [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] was devastated- her whole life came falling down, until [name_f]Eilis[/name_f] and her lovely wife adopted her and taught her some [name_u]French[/name_u]. Along with being fluent [name_u]French[/name_u] and Arabic, Ruby’s trying to learn some [name_f]English[/name_f] so she can go to her mother’s homeland of [name_u]Dublin[/name_u] and communicate with the locals. (I’m pretty sure [name_u]Ireland[/name_u] speaks [name_f]English[/name_f] and Gaelic?) Elle’s taught [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] a few Mandarin words too- they’ve taught each other all the swears just for the fun of it and [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] is proud to announce that she can fluently swear in Mandarin!

Ruby’s developed an interest in law, and wants to go to law school- she wants to specialize in car accidents- as the person who hit her parents got away without a scratch and still hasn’t been caught due to lack of security cameras around the area. [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] has actually managed to contact her half sister who still lives in [name_m]Riyadh[/name_m], and they’ve been talking about meeting up soon- however she doesn’t discuss this with her family in [name_u]France[/name_u] as she doesn’t want to offend or hurt them. [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] knows [name_u]Simone[/name_u]- the two attend the same school and despite [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] being a year younger than [name_u]Simone[/name_u] they are good friends. Simone’s younger sister from Cote d’ Ivoire came to visit recently, and [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] (who’s openly gay and has no trouble coming out to her moms for obvious reasons) thinks she might be interested in her…she told [name_f]Elle[/name_f], and [name_f]Elle[/name_f] thinks it’s hilarious that she likes someone- but deep down [name_f]Elle[/name_f] supports her and hopes the two can make it work- if [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] confesses…

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Mireille Primrose Ouattra (22) is Simone’s younger sister and Ruby’s new crush. She currently resides in Côte d’Ivoire with most of the Ouattra family. She knows Simone lives in France and doesn’t quite know what to think of her past fling with Armand but is happy Simone is in a real and true relationship with a partner she truly loves now. Mireille secretly wants that for herself and loves coming over to visit people. She knows briefly about the car crash calamity and has supported Ruby alongside Simone’s friend Clyde, who had also been in a car accident but survived. Clyde isn’t very vocal about what happened to him and doesn’t like to talk about it, which Mireille respects, but he’ll still do it for Ruby especially since she’s trying to stop accidents like that from happening. Mireille, Simone, and Clyde can’t imagine actually dying in a car accident and finds the idea of such to be highly catastrophic.

Ruby and Mireille have had friendly and supportive conversations and Mireille is feeling some sort of attraction to Ruby but isn’t sure how to process that as she hasn’t been in a lot of relationships. She knows about Ruby’s half-sister in Riyadh and knows about Ruby’s other three siblings; Elle, Alexi, and Eilis’s eldest child whom Orla personally relates to. She barely knows about Molly but doesn’t want to get into matters too personally. She is close with Alexi and speaks French with him a lot and is also on great terms with Elle, but doesn’t quite know that Ruby is mutually attracted to her and that Elle knows this.

Simone was created by @wandering_willow.

Clyde was created by me.

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