Elle Roleplays!

here’s my trash family req for the rousseau-weaver family. all faces and names are open unless i specify! mr. weaver was on a holiday in france when he met and fell head over heals in love with madeleine rousseau. they were young and foolish, and maddy ended up following him back to america where they eloped. mr. weaver’s family--having come from a respectable political family--was disappointed in the union and urged him to put an end to it. he refused, claiming he was madly in love and had to follow his heart.

mr. weaver and maddy were happy for a while. the only tension was the fact mr. weaver had made it very clear he had no desire to have children. his own strained relationship with his parents left him cold to the idea of parenthood. of course, these sorts of things cannot always be planned, so when maddy revealed she was pregnant with twins five years into their marriage, he freaked out but promised to try his hardest to be a good father.

he broke his promise after the twins were born and left, never to be heard from again. maddy raised them as a single mom. it was hard. while she certainly wasn’t mother of the year, she did love and care for her children as best as she could.

since i am a slut for angsty family dynamics, mr. weaver is going to come back into the picture. he has a successful career, married a beautiful (much  younger) wife, and has three children. he feels guilty for leaving behind maddy and the twins, so he's trying to make amends. maddy isn't going to forgive him so quickly, and i don't imagine the twins are either.

FAMILY 1

madeleine rousseau, 64, isabelle huppert, elle first rousseau, 37, jessica chastain, open first rousseau, 37, eddie redmayne, open

FAMILY 2

SOPHIE FAULKNER // 54 // ASTROPHYSICIST

born in cambridge, ma but moved to coventry when her parents finished university. youngest child of two--has a younger sister she’s very close to.

very strained relationship with her mother re: they aren’t on speaking terms. 

got her undergrad degree in physics from mit and eventually her phd. met and fell in love with her husband who was attending harvard somewhere along the line.

has four kids, but never really felt the role of ~mom fit her. she does love them in her own way. struggles to connect the most with her youngest who was an !oopsie! baby.

mbti is intp, enneagram is type 5 wing 4, and 110% a stereotypical ravenclaw aka has her head in a book 24/7.

recently returned to work after taking some time off and is currently teaching physics at harvard. 

wanted to be an astronaut. settled for astrophysics when she realized she was not a fan of physical training. 

obsessed with 70s and 80s rock music. even more obsessed with pink floyd.

loves all things science fiction. is a total trekkie and will fight anyone who doesn’t think picard is the best captain.

MADELEINE ROUSSEAU // 64 // HS ENGLISH TEACHER

born and raised in lyon, france, but moved to dinan when she was very young after her mother died.

grew up very quickly. her father used to call her “a little adult.” as a result, she was a pretty lonely child and had few friends. 

did her undergrad (in english) at oxford and graduate + postgrad at harvard. 

fell in love with an american man during the summer between her undergrad and grad studies. neither of their parents approved, but they were young and foolish, so maddy followed him back to the states where they eloped. 

her first husband was very adamant about them not having children, so, naturally, he freaked when she found out she was pregnant with twins five years into their marriage. throughout her pregnancy he reassured her he was going to stay and try to be a good father to their children. he ended up leaving a few weeks after the twins were born. maddy pretty much raised the twins on her own. 

she has a very cold exterior, but she’s a little soft underneath. she might be strict, but she’d honestly do anything for her friends and family. all anyone has to do is ask. 

hellz organized. her wardrobe is color coded and her bookshelves are alphabetized. she’s the sort of neat freak who knows if something is moved/out of place.

sophie’s husband, being the more family oriented of the two, desperately wanted to start a family. because of her own childhood struggles, sophie wasn’t sure she wanted kids. unfortunately for soph, these sorts of things are rarely ever planned, and she ended up pregnant with twins, and then a few years later they had another child. 

things were pretty good for a while. both had seemingly gotten what they wanted out of life. sophie had a stable career and mr. faulkner had the family he always wanted. of course, idyllic bliss never lasts forever. sophie’s father had a severe stroke. the family uprooted from ny and moved back to soph’s hometown in ma. 

she took time off from work to look after her kids and her father. for a while, she pretended to be happy, but it became painfully obvious domestic life just wasn’t enough. a few years ago, a law firm contacted her to offer her a job, which she took without hesitation. it didn’t take long for her marriage to crumble.

they were ready to amicably divorce, but a surprise pregnancy kept them together. mr. faulkner is holding on in the hopes they’ll be able to fall back in love with each other, but sophie isn’t very hopeful. 

michelle fairley, cate blanchett, hayley atwell

28-38

leighton meester, eddie redmayne, emilia clarke

38-48

lucy liu, stana katic, edward norton

48-58

julianne moore, robin wright, nicole kidman

58-68

isabelle huppert, emma thompson, peter capaldi

68-78

susan sarandon, patrick stewart, ian mckellen

78-88

maggie smith, julie andrews, vanessa redgrave

88-98

Unfortunately I’m not graphically talented, so the layout of this will remain a sad, basic little thing.

The Blythe family has lived in Oregon since the dawn of man (not really, but it feels that way to mom Blythe who is an East Coast native). The mom is a relatively famous author who is on the verge of a nervous breakdown and the father is a medical doctor who can never seem to make time for his family.

If you’re interested in taking any of these beauties, feel free to leave me a message on my tumblr! I’ll be leaving an expanded history below the cut.

eleanor blythe, 55, michelle fairley, played by elle first blythe, 55-56, colin firth, open first blythe, 30, daughter, open first blythe, 28, son, open first blythe, 26, daughter, open first blythe, 22, son, open

[glorious family of book nerds and bibliophiles]

[BIG BANG THEORY INSPIRED NASA EMPLOYEES]

isobel howard née baines, 55, michelle fairley, sunny

let’s pretend i know what i’m doing even though i don’t. i’m just gonna list little tidbits about her. by the time the site opens, i should defo know more though lmao.

born and raised in gaithersburg, maryland. she’s the second child of three--her older sister is the callaway mother, and she has a younger brother.

issy has always been the “black sheep” of the family. she’s the only person who was never particularly interested in politics, and she blatantly defied her parents when she chose to study science in university.

speaking of, she attended princeton for her undergraduate education where she double majored in physics and philosophy. she desperately wanted to get away from her family (and also travel the world), so she went to cambridge for graduate school which was where she met her husband.

has three kids (i’ll be requesting them sometime soon lmao. feel free to hit me up if you’re interested in snagging one of them).

her mbti is intp, and her enneagram is type five wing four. she’s also 100% a ravenclaw.

is an astrophysicist for nasa! she absolutely loves her job tbh. it’s not exactly her dream (astronaut), but it’s pretty damn close.

has a pink floyd obsession. 

her political stances don’t line up 100% with her family, so she tends to avoid talking about anything political when she’s around them. if anyone really wants to know, she’s a libertarian.

totally obsessed with science fiction. star trek will always be better than star wars, and her favorite captain is picard.