We Will Be Victorious

But big oof. I hate those days when I'm feeling like playing video games but I just keep getting slaughtered... It's like the universe is trying to tell you that today's just not your day or something and it sucks - especially when you're just trying to game to wash away the rest of the day. Hopefully you'll get better matches tomorrow. Or better yet, let me play with you and I'll help guarantee that dub.

DAKOTA HUMMEL

☆ FULL NAME: Dakota “Kodi” Ash Hummel ☆ GENDER: Genderqueer ☆ PRONOUNS: They/Them ☆ AGE: 25 (May 8th, 1999) ☆ BIRTH ORDER: Third ☆ TYPE: Full sibling; solo ☆ HOMETOWN: Portland, Oregon ☆ JOB: Best-Selling Author (under a pseudonym) ☆ SCHOOL: Sophomore, majoring in Political Science; minoring in Creative Writing ☆ SEXUALITY: Trixic ☆ FACECLAIM: Brigette Lundy-Paine

ABOUT DAKOTA

If there’s one thing that Dakota had been able to tell growing up, it’s that the world is fucked and everyone needed to be nicer to each other. Even as a little kid in elementary school, Dakota would watch as kids would bully others that they would view as “other” just because they were different, and that was something that they didn’t like – and Dakota was definitely a target for them. It wasn’t because they were an easy target, per se, but with their mother having died before they even really had a chance to know her and two brothers that were marginally older than them, other kids had ammunition to use against them. Luckily, though, Dakota wasn’t afraid to stand up for themselves. Seeing their older brother be unapologetically him, as well as having a supportive – if confused – father behind them, they were able to stand up for themselves. And it helped that their father wasn’t afraid letting them learn how to defend themselves as a kid, enrolling in karate lessons. Quickly, kids began to know not to mess with Dakota but they weren’t happy with that. No, instead Dakota used this to be able to stand up for the other kids and they quickly became known as a “bully buster”, so to speak, and that most of the bullies knew not to do anything unless they were prepared for Dakota to come to them.

Of course, they weren’t completely immune to bullying, especially when they eventually came out as genderqueer, but they shrugged it off. If anyone couldn’t handle who they were, then they didn’t deserve to be in their life and if anyone had a problem with people living life as who they were – and they weren’t hurting anyone? Then fuck them. They were the problem, not Dakota. But while the bullying didn’t bother them, what did bother them was the idea of dating… or, really, it didn’t bother them so much as it scared them. They were confident in their appearance, sure, and they thought that they were attractive, but they couldn’t help but wonder… were they good enough? They were worried that they were too masculine for lesbians and too feminine for straight girls, so instead of facing that rejection… they hid behind their notebooks and decided to get their romance in through their writing.

What they didn’t expect, though, was for their notebook to get read by a friend and immediately applauded for the writing and given a comment of “you should write a book, you’re so good!”. Never before had they thought about becoming a writer – they loved books and reading, but they had always envisioned getting a job in politics or law, to help protect those that can’t protect themselves… but why couldn’t they do both? Going to their father, Dakota expressed interest in writing a book and with their father’s support, they went back to their writing and focused on a concrete plot and story… and the first book of their three-part series, The Courtyard Promise, was released when they were nineteen years old, thanks to their father’s support and their agent able to find them a publisher that was willing to let them publish under a pseudonym of “El Z. Abeth”, in homage of the mother that they didn’t know.

After two more books, finishing the trilogy, and a potential deal from Netflix to turn their series into a tv show, Dakota decided that it was time to get back to what they were good at – helping others. They had their own money that they would be able to use to fund their political career, if they so choose, or to put them through law school, but they would need to learn more about politics and how to play the part because as of now, what you saw with them was what you got and they needed to know how to interact with those that they vehemently disagreed with – as they were sure that was something that they’d wind up coming across in either case. Deciding to attend Pacific State, thanks to their father’s status as a celebrity, they enrolled into the school with a major in Political Science – but a minor in Creative Writing… just in case they decided to dive back into their books.

Now a sophomore at the school, Dakota wants to actually try to date. They still have the same worries that they did in high school, but this isn’t high school… this is college and it’s 2024… people are more fluid than they were even five years ago. They’d be able to find at least someone that would be interested in them… right?

FAMILY BACKGROUND

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Burt Hummel comes from a humble beginning, and really never had any intentions of becoming famous. Working for his father’s garage, Hummel Tires & Lube, he developed an interest in cars, and proved to be pretty damn good at what he did. A twist of fate saw him approached to help out with some behind-the-scenes things for Top Gear by a customer who happened to work on the show. This opportunity led to yet another, even bigger twist of fate, with Burt meeting the woman he would go on to marry, up-and-coming actress, Elizabeth Blake.

As the two grew together, so did their respective careers; Elizabeth booked bigger and bigger acting gigs until she was a household name, while Burt, whose stint on Top Gear showed him to be a natural in front of the camera, was propelled into a life of presenting for various television shows. They relocated to Los Angeles, and their fame began to grow, along with their family, until Elizabeth eventually got sick in the late-noughties, then lost a quick but mighty battle with cancer. Burt took a break from the limelight following his wife’s passing, opening a new Hummel Tires & Lube location in LA, before deciding to go back to presenting a few years later.