(will be permanently accessible under their masterpost in a section labelled 'media')
a look into her phone pre-bravo π
im only realising after putting these into tumblr that all of the background colours are different. ignore that. fuck i also forgot starling's tinder bio. ignore that too, but it's meant to say "freelance artist looking for friends. i like painting and late-night talks"
most of these characters are just throwaways (jess, xero, everyone on the tinder). but i wanted to show a little bit of bobby <3
mm jess was a close friend of starling's who i think she lost contact with naturally after moving away. they still text, but its only really once a year to say happy birthday or happy new year. she lost contact with xero after rehab because she realised he was toxic lol.
and then...bobby. later named 'traitor' in her phone because why would you leave your girlfriend Behind where cops are raiding a party and you Know she's high as a kite
starling had a fairly popular art accountβΌοΈ generally, she did murals, but sometimes she posted photos of her sketchbook in her story (and never archived them). some of these murals were legal & she was hired for it, some of them she definitely did illegally. because of this and accessing random ass underground parties, she got really good at urbexing ^^ she never really liked it, but she was good at getting into places, abandoned or not.
one simply doesn't ask why the local detective knows how to pick locks and get into restricted areas...
reference to this post where i talk about how she has UB saved <3
most of my music choices for my detectives comes with some important thoughts, but something about starling's songs is just have to yap about:
chokehold is very much about her relationship with bobby and with drugs. they showed her new things, and they had good times, but they were ultimately harming her, and she couldn't get away from them easily. like real people do is more about starling's relationship with nat. nat is clearly hiding something about her past, but starling does the same thing, so she has that sort of respect there. they still want to know that about each other, but she understands that nat has clearly done something she regrets -- a feeling she knows well.