forks, washington

Name/Alias, age, timezone, pronouns: Eri, 22, CST, they/them

Chosen Skeleton: The Journalist

Character Stats: Name: Harper Case  FC: Bex Taylor-Klaus* Age: 18 Grade: Senior Year Gender: Nonbinary Pronouns: They/Them + traits: trustworthy, friendly, intelligent - traits: stubborn, loud, (slightly) paranoid

Character Bio: 

- Harper was actually born and spent the first few years of their life in southern florida, before their parents divorced, and their father chose to move to the west coast, spending a few months of the summer bouncing from town to town before the pair settled in Forks, Washington, just a few weeks past the start of the school year, when Harper joined the third grade.  

-Forks was quite the change from the sunny south Florida they were used to, and the adjustment wasn’t the easiest. Talkative since the moment they learned how to, Harper never exactly had trouble making friends, but keeping them tended to be a different story. Once a avid beach comber and swimmer, the young Harper dove into the library instead, reading anything that was on the bottom half of the shelves, and therefore accessible. Due to poor shelving choices in the library before the 2011 renovation, this meant Harper read their way through a steady diet of young adult fiction, stephen king, agatha christie, and pulpy romance novels while their father took advantage of the rare opportunity to get some work done without a eight year old asking constant questions. 

-It should be noted, of course, that Jackson Case having a chance to work on his clients financials without hearing Harper ramble did not, in fact, mean anyone else was spared from that fate. Eager to replace the friends they’d lost in the move, and desperate to prove themself amongst children that had known each other for at least three years already, Harpers main way of making friends was to simply sit themself down next to someone, ask them a few questions, and then enthusiastically run down the reasons they suspected their teacher was, in fact, stealing from the school 

- ((Harper would, two years later, be vindicated when the school did indeed fire that third grade teacher after accusations of embezzlement - Take that Mr. Brown!)) 

-While the first year they spent in the town of forks was rocky, to say the least, over the next few years Harper managed to find something that, if you didn’t look too closely, would resemble calm. They made friends with the other kids, and the children of parents their father befriended, they stayed on the sidelines, and meticulously recorded the drama between classmates, using it on the odd occasion they felt the need to keep themself from slipping too far towards the outskirts of their classes social hierarchy, and didn’t even try to break into that one pottery shop on main street that was only open for three months, and whos owner was totally in a cult - if only because their dad would have grounded them for years, and they really wanted to go to the movies that weekend. Even world class journalists can have fun once in a while, right?

- Another bump in the road came in the form of their mothers remarriage, and with it, a step sibling, taking away Harpers title of “only child” that they’d held for fourteen years. While Harper would never had said anything bad about their mother, three weeks in the summer and two phone calls a month did not, in fact, lead to the closest of familial relationships. The first visit after the wedding, with Harper and their new brother Seth being left alone for “sibling bonding time!” (thanks mom) was tense - right up until Seth pulled out a map of bigfoot sightings, demanding Harpers help in figuring out the cryptids natural habitat. 

- As high school has continued, Harper has settled into their own skin somewhat - figuring out they were nonbinary, and then coming out, was a relief to have the words that described them at last, and as they’ve grown, Harper has learned how to actually talk to people, instead of just accusing them of random crimes - at least, most of the time. Most people in forks can tell you that if the Case kid is coming at you with a notebook and a certain look in their eye, don’t make eye contact, or else hope that you’ve got an hour to spare. 

madison, 18, central, she/her

Chosen Skeleton: The Beauty Queen

Character Stats: 

Name: Lola Paxton  FC: Anya Taylor Joy Age: 18 Grade: Senior Gender: Female  Pronouns: She/her Positive traits: Organized, charismatic, captivating Negative traits: Self-absorbed, artificial, impatient

Character Bio:

– lola’s mom was miss washington when she was lola’s age, and gets onto her a lot for no longer wanting to be in pageants.

– lola was born and raised in seattle, but when her parents got divorced when she was 13, her mom got a job at a law firm in forks and they relocated.

– lola has ocd, which explains her cleanliness obsession. she also has some other tics related to her ocd, like needing to wash her hands for exactly 20 seconds, etc.

– tw eating disorder // her best friend from seattle, who she still keeps in contact with, began sharing her experience with her eating disorder when lola was a sophomore. with this info and her mother’s constant pressure for her to look good (buying her small clothes, makeup, weighing her, etc), she developed anorexia and managed to maintain it for a year and a half without anyone noticing. when she got to her lowest weight, she got scared and tried to recover, but she’s never really gotten over it.

– lola realized she was gay when she met amber in middle school, and even though it was cliche, she fell hard for her. when they broke up, lola was terrified that amber would tell people she was gay, because her mom would practically disown her if she found out.

– she has absolutely no idea what she wants to do when she’s older. her mom expects her to go into law, like her, but lola doesn’t think she wants to do that. all she knows is she wants to get out of washington.

Extra Character Information:

lola’s girly pinterest board xoxo

some headcanons –

1. lola is a cat person. this is mostly because she’s allergic to dogs, but cats are also cuter to her

2. her fav color is pink but only baby pink. hot pink is a no no

3. her closet is organized by color and she gets crazy mad if someone puts something back in the wrong place

4. lola has perfect posture

5. lola really wants to go to pride someday but is too scared