celebrity side crvtw main characters very long infodump yay
- valentina sanchez: valentina is carlosâ manager and acts as a pseudo-antagonist in the industry half of the series (the series is actually man vs. self thoughâ sheâs not the real antagonist). she grew up in julia, michigan, and was good friends with carlos in high school, acting as part of his little âmean girlâ squad, especially his senior year. she and her parents are immigrants from mexico, and she grew up quite poor and suffered abuse from her father. she dated an abusive guy in high school, something that led to her and carlos bonding without ever explicitly saying it. they also bonded over the experience of being some of the only hispanic people in a small town, and what itâs like to grow up with immigrant parents, etcâ they are very similar in many respects, and got along very well in hs. valentina has been in love with her best friend, perri, since she was 13 (deeply in the closet), but had a minor falling out with her at the end of her senior year that led to them growing very distant for several years. right after graduating high school, she used money she had been saving for years to move to washington heights. her family didnât have enough money to pay for college so she hoped to succeed in other ways in ny and also wanted to just get out of her small town and change her life. but upon arriving in nyc, she had to work several jobs to survive and keep herself afloatâshe manages a corner store during the day, is a busser and night-shift porter at a club at night. on weekends, she occasionally helps out at a flower shop for extra cash.
- when sheâs 21, after the owner of the club had been promising her the event promotion/marketing role at the club for a while, she gets passed up for the role and then let go. that same night, she sees carlos on the dance floor at the club, seeing him for the first time in 3 years. everything clicks into placeâ knowing heâs relatively pretty famous based off youtube, she approaches him and talks to him, and eventually lies to him and says that sheâs an entertainment manager and would like to take him on. from then on, she acts as his manager. she often gets him into sticky situations in the name of the bottom line and promotionâ any publicity is good publicity, and sheâs going to work him and everyone else to the bone to make them as successful as possible; often, this is a major fault.
- what defines valeâs character is her intense need to survive. sheâs spent her whole life surviving, and in turn dreaming and being ambitious. she is willing to do whatever it takes to get what she wants and succeed, with a major disregard to how that affects other people as long as she comes out on top. this leads her to be ruthless and cutthroat, very often, and very cunning and conniving. beneath that all, though, she is very empathetic and sensitive. she does care about carlos a lot, as well as perri, and has had a very hard lifeâ but this softer inside leads to very tough exterior, and makes her even more determined to do whatever it takes to survive, even if she has to claw her way there. she takes no shit and is quite headstrong, but is also a manipulator with a silver tongue. she will defend those she loves tooth and nail, but will always protect herself first. again, her key trait is her desire to survive.
- if you care, her faceclaim is alexa demie, specifically as maddy perez in season 3 of euphoria
- maxine de la cruz: maxine is a friend of carlosâ, a fellow influencer, and 24 as of 2026. she started streaming when she was 16 and is most famous on twitch, tiktok, and instagram (in an instagram baddie way). she became friends with carlos shortly after she started streaming, and they have been very close ever since, starting off by often doing collaborations and then growing as true friends from there. her following is significantly lower than carlosâ, but she is incredibly determined to be famous and has been her entire life. she grew up in florida and her parents are mexican.
- she has been trained in dance since she was very young and did vocal lessons all throughout middle and high school. she is a powerhouse singer and performer but doesnât often have opportunity to sing. when sheâs 19, she moves to nyc to come on as one of carlosâ main backup dancers along with their other close friend, cuqui, as he starts to do performances and joins him on his first three tours. vale signs her and cuqui under her management in order to have further control over her. since being an influencer hasnt been successful enough to fully sustain her life and dancing with carlos isnt a constant, she works as a hair stylist, which she doesnât quite enjoy. her real dream is to be a popstar, and she has all the talent but always fails to meet the mark.
- the crucial trait of her character is her ambition and her talent, and how she should have all that it takes to be a famous popstar, but there are constantly obstacles in her way. a big part of her story is how carlos, who doesnât work even half as hard as her, gets so much credit and fame and attention so quickly just because heâs a man, and she works her ass off constantly and barely gets any credit because there are much higher expectations of women, especially in the music and performance industry. this leads to a lot of resentment towards carlosâ as much as she loves him, she would kill to be in his place. think of the song brutus taken very literallyâ a woman who wants to be as renowned an artist as the man whoâs place sheâs desperately working to take, or at least match. tl;dr: if she was the man, sheâd be the man, and she is perhaps the most ambitious girl ever and has been working all her life towards her dreams, to what seems like no avail because of patriarchal standards.
- sheâs also in a situationship with isaac⌠smiles. itâs a years-running, off-and-on situationship that is the kind of âcasualâ relationship that your friend talks about constantly and keeps going back to but wonât leave no matter how much you beg her to. its supposed to be just sex, but theyâre way too attracted to each other for it to ever be casual and that gets them in a lot of sticky and yearning-filled situations. it causes her a lot of stress on top of the rest of the stress in her life.
- if you care her faceclaim is jessica alba
- carmela âcuquiâ silva: carmela, or cuqui, her affectionate nickname from family members since she was a toddler, is a gaming content creator and is 23 as of 2026. she is natively from argentina (though her father is venezuelan, so sheâs half and half) and immigrated to the states (florida) at 15. she has been doing gaming content online since she was very young (13) and met carlos through that. when she graduates hs at 18, she moves to nyc to live with max and work with carlos as his second main backup dancer. english speakers assume her nickname is âcookieâ and typically address her as such, and her new handles made in america use the word âcookieâ often. her english can be choppy sometimes but as of 2026 she is pretty fluent (but prefers to speak in spanish when she can). she is aroace, on the far end of the spectrum, though uncaring to find specific labels for where she lies because she truly just doesnât care for the dating/relationship world and has no interest in it when it comes to herself. she loves to gossip sweetly though.
- she has a background in musical theatre and dance, and is very content being a backup dancer for carlos, and she does not really seek a solo career. she likes getting to work with carlos and max, and likes the idea of continuing to dance in the future, whether with carlos or as an ensemble performer in the theatre world. she is not incredibly passionate about these dreams though, unlike her peersâ her dreams instead lie in social activism, specifically dealing with immigration rights and helping those in poverty and in the lower economic class. she hopes to somehow make a change in the world, even if its a small step at a time.
- her key traits are her optimism and positivity. she is a ball of energy and fun, and is just in general a very kind and sweet girl. think of her as the pinkie pie in the group⌠she balances out all of their seriousness but also can be serious on her own, too. she views life as something to enjoy and loves to spread joy to those around her. her motto is to just enjoy everyday and do what you love.
- her faceclaim is Sort of alexis bledel but i wouldnt really be able to explain like How. like imagine alexis but much shorter (4â11) and much tanner and fake blonde and ??? curly hair okay
- perri dawson: perri is another one of carlosâ childhood friends, growing up in julia. she is 27 as of 2026. she was a cheerleader in high school along with vale, and sort of the mcnamara of the group. shes a bit shallow but not dumb at all. shes very self-centered and sometimes ignorant and naive; she often gets vale into bad situations and abuses the lines of their friendship. she worked as a stripper and a hooters waitress after high school (and failing out of her first year of college) and only moved to nyc when she was 22 after seeing vale was involved with carlos again and, seeking attention and fame, dmed vale and got in touch with her again⌠leading vale to cave and offer to sign her and try and get her a career. now, sheâs trying to be the next out-of-touch influencer, and working (not especially hard) to be one of carlosâ backup dancers, occasionally joining him when need be. her faceclaim is sydney sweeney, specifically as cassie in euphoria.
- isaac seok: isaac plays baseball for the detroit tigers and is 28 as of 2026. he was decently close with carlos in high school (but was admittedly closer with keith and chip), so he kept in touch with him and ended up meeting maxine at an event for carlos. he is a calm, collected, and effortlessly cool guyâ his personality is much more grounded and ânormalâ than many of the people he surrounds himself with. he has fallen in love with maxine but is both emotionally closed off and incredibly career focused, so he doesnât quite know how to deal with that. his faceclaim is hudsom williams
