High Achiever, Don't You See?

Bio: Headstrong and ambitious, Minerva “Minnie” Myshkin has been a workaholic since the day she was born. The eldest daughter of one of the founding Redwood Hollow families, Minnie has had the pressure of her family’s past, present, and future riding upon her shoulders. Often this pressure was the fuel to her fire, and it drove Minnie to be an overachiever in every aspect of her life. She excelled through the best schooling her family could pay for, took part in the visual and performing arts, and even competed in sports, specifically dance and tennis. Minnie graduated Valedictorian, and was able to go to her dream university. She did not, however, get to necessarily pursue what she wanted. Minnie fell in love with the world of Hollywood young. She loved the glitz and glamor of the red carpet. Fashion, acting, dancing, writing- she wanted to be a part of it all. Most especially, Minerva wanted to write and direct her own screenplay. A true dramatic, Minnie has had her E.G.O.T. (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) award speeches memorized since she was fourteen years old. The only problem?The Myshkins don’t “do” Hollywood. There’s no guaranteed success or wealth in pursuing it, and more importantly, it distracts from the family, and Redwood Hollow. She had a family name to grow and defend, and parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents over her shoulder at all times, seemingly planning her life for her, with the implicit demand to be impressed. So Minerva studied to go into her second greatest love: politics.It was not all bad- Minerva truly enjoys politics. It was not all bad. Minerva truly enjoys politics. She quickly excelled at her job as the mayor’s assistant, even if it bothers her that she knows she got the job because of her family. With that privilege in mind, she does her best to provide for the people of Redwood- and anyone she can. Despite her easily frustrated and often overwhelmed personality, Minnie is always looking to do all that she can to help others. She intends to work nonstop within the government to leave everywhere better than she found it. Minerva wants to build a world where everyone can follow their dreams. She just hopes that maybe along the way, she can achieve her own too. Minerva is quite the spitfire, full of passion and truly good natured, but she also has the flaws of the silver spoon. Minerva can be entitled, stubborn, and egocentric, and needs to be reminded of her privilege more often than she would care to admit. Minerva is a true blue friend, and will always stand up for justice. She is also often the most confident person in the room…..as long as she’s written a script. Minnie is outgoing and tries to get to know everyone. She’s a busy body and will not stop trying to get to know everyone, and get in all official down business. She will join any committee, and will insert herself into any discussion of film, politics, or fashion. Her upbringing to prioritize networking shows through and through. That said, it’s also a curse, as she can come off as fake when she genuinely wants to get to know someone-which is 9/10 out of ten. She is high strung, and unhappy with life, and that can often carry over into her relationships as her focus is divided, she’s frustrated and frazzled, or bummed out. She is also trying her hardest to seem cooler and more important than she is-or at least doesn’t see in herself. Official Bio link: https://happiestplacehq.tumblr.com/day/2020/10/19/

Other: -Minnie Uses She/Her pronouns and is pansexual, with no gender preference -Minnie has Bipolar Disorder type III and ADHD -Minnie loves small critters and has three pet rats -Minnie loves to paint and write. She would love to write and direct a stage play, tv show, or film. A bit of a control freak, she’ll probably produce it herself too. -Minnie’s love of fashion has led her to have an incredibly impressive closet...or two....or three... -Minnie runs the Redwood Film Club Wanted Connections: -Childhood friends -A crush, can be unrequited -Someone with a crush on her -Partner/Boyfriend/Girlfriend -Best friend -Coworkers from Town Hall -Members of her film club! -Someone she went on a really awkward date once -enemies -Rivals-perhaps they’re not enemies but both of them do end up having to face the other a lot, either on personal issues, or on town issues that Minnie is the face of for the Mayor. -Fake friends just befriending her for their own success Wanted Connection/Plots: -Minnie’s car broke down, on the side of the road, in the pouring rain, not to mention it’s super windy too. Your muse sees her and stops to help her. Your muse offers to help fix the car, sit with her until a tow comes, or drive her home. -Your muse wants to join the film club, and approaches Minnie to do so. -Your muse and Minnie go shopping. Queue montage of trying on clothes, spending too much money, and some fun bonding. -Your muse has a crush on Minnie, she’s not picking up on it- or more, your muse might be able to tell she’s pretending not to. -Your muse is an online friend of Minnie’s and it’s been anonymous for years. You share your writings with each other and have talked about some pretty personal things, never putting together that you’re in the same town. When it comes up that you live in the same region, you’ve planned to meet up for the first time somewhere in Redwood. You are now sitting across from each other, realizing that the person you thought was a stranger, who knows everything about you, lives in your town, and maybe you’ve interacted.

-Your muse also dreams of hollywood, and you both have been working on a project together. You don’t have a solid idea of what exactly this project will be yet, but you‘re both hard at work creating the next great show/film together. Dramatic script readings and edits, all night sewing projects, and attending awkward improv acting classes will be worth it when you both become EGOT winners. -Your muse has been trying to get something across to Mayor B for months, and he just cannot fit you in. For the millionth time, you sit across from Minnie as she reads her HR response on why he can’t see you this minute again, and your muse is about to do what they want on their own without permission, so it’s probably best if Minnie helps.

-Your muse is a social climber who wants to stay in the good graces of higher society, or be closer with the Mayor. Your character is taking advantage of Minnie’s open heart to achieve these goals. Your muse is ruthless with this and manipulating her more and more-- or it started out that way, and now your muse actually kind of wants to be her friend. Up to you. -Minnie swiped right on a dating app and matched with your muse-- but your muse never responded. At first Minnie was bummed out and tried to let it go--but she can’t, so now she is asking.

-Your muse has something they really think would be great for the town, and want to work with Minnie to make it happen. Taken Connections: -Perpetual annoyance she keeps crossing paths with, and ended up on a fake date with: @lockborror​

-New friend, at least Minnie thinks so, and shopping buddy: @notasweetnightingale​