❛ ✧ ── 𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 ... 。is that lola dupont , rocking the new giorgio armani ? wow , they look just like jessica alexander ! last i heard , she is a twenty - five year old elite from milford , connecticut . she’s a well known dancer who likes to give people tarot readings in her free time , and despises being told she can’t do something . i think she’ll do fine at the berry , since she seems to be engaging ; but i don’t know , others have said she’s quite obstinate as well !
❛ ✧ ── 𝒂𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 。
the electric hush of an audience right before a performance begins , fighting the impulse to change your hair at any minor inconvenience , worn out pointe shoes collecting dust in the closet of a home you'll never see again , glittery eyeshadow catching the light , the bittersweet ache of getting what you wanted , a bloody nose dripping onto silk stockings , a box full of vintage jewelry , the first thunderstorm of the summer , getting your lipstick on a stranger's teeth , imported french cigarettes at the bottom of a dance bag , a smile that gives the impression you're hiding a secret , spinning on your tip toes until you see stars .
❛ ✧ ── 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 。
full name: born lorena sofia hartley , but she goes by lola dupont . nickname(s): lo . occupation: professional dancer . birthday + age: february 15th + 25 . gender + pronouns: cis woman + she/her . orientation: bisexual .
❛ ✧ ── 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 。
birthplace: milford , connecticut . accent: faded southern new england accent , has a smokey speaking tone . nationality: american . ethnicity: white ; french & german . spoken languages: english & french .
❛ ✧ ── 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 。
parents: olivia louise hartley ( mother ) , unknown ( father ) . siblings: none . children: none . pets: none officially , although she's gotten into the habit of feeding the occasional stray cat . relationship: tbd .
❛ ✧ ── 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 。
eye color: blue . hair color + style: dirty blonde falling just below her shoulder blades , usually worn loose in messy waves or slicked back into a perfect bun . height: five feet, six inches . build: slim , toned . tattoos: a sword down the left side of her ribcage . piercings: multiple ear piercings . scars / marks: a thin scar near her hairline above her right eye from a curling iron & one on the inner side of her left ankle from a dance injury .
❛ ✧ ── 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 。
zodiac: aquarius sun, scorpio moon, scorpio rising . character inspo: violet sanford ( coyote ugly ) , lux lisbon ( the virgin suicides ) . temperament: sanguine-melancholy . alignment: chaotic neutral . positive traits: engaging , daring , independent , creative . negative traits: obstinate , mercurial , shameless , elusive . drug + alcohol use: hardly ever drinks , smokes cigarettes regularly & occasionally does cocaine . nervous habit(s): taping her fingers or feet . favorite color: silver . favorite scent(s): patchouli , amber , vanilla & musk .
❛ ✧ ── 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 。
━ olivia louise hartley was only twenty years old when she gave birth to her first and only child , lorena sofia hartley . a hairdresser ( and now a single mother ) in a small coastal town , olivia knew she had to work hard to change her circumstances . living so close to american royalty in new england with their old money that went back generations , it was envy and an insatiable want that would color lorena's childhood . she was acutely aware of two things very early on in her life : lack is the precursor to greed , and that she was destined for greatness . ━ before there was lola dupont , there was lorena : a restless child , but bewitching enough she could always draw a crowd long before she knew what the spotlight felt like . it was her mother's idea to put her in dance classes , and she'd take credit for that long after lola was well acquainted with what the spotlight felt like . it was dance that got her a scholarship to an all girl's preparatory school , and dance that would eventually get her out of connecticut . ━ ballet was her first love ; she flourished under the intensity of it , a perfect outlet for the unbridled energy churning within her . her mom latched onto that love , exploiting and shaping it , desperate to ascend to the status she so thought she deserved . it was her mom's idea to change her name . lorena hartley was just a small-town ballerina , but lola dupont could be a star . by the time she landed a spot at the american ballet theater, traces of her old life had slowly been extiguished . ━ the rewrites were harmless , kept vague enough to craft an air of mystery the public would hate to adore once lola's career took off . prep school in the states became boarding school in england or finishing school in switzerland . lola's fluency in french , picked up from her interest in old movies and one french-canadian classmate , became a by-product of a french nanny , or perhaps a distant french relative she'd spend summers with as a child . her absent father was a movie star, an army man, a mobster, or even tragically deceased. there was nothing concrete about lola or where she came from , nothing pinpointable about her except the undeniable talent she possessed . ━ new york city was good to lola . the world seemed so much bigger than she ever could have imagined. while her mother struggled to adjust to the fast pace and big names , lola thrived . she was preparing to audition for a chance to start an apprenticeship at the new york city ballet when she was scouted by a music video director . one video , one a-list client; that was all it took to launch her into stardom . lola retired her pointe shoes , her mom retired to connecticut , and things could only get better — or so she thought . ━ she had a good few years of notable fame . without her mother's iron fist lola was free to explore all the facets of dance she'd never been able to before . lyrical , contemporary , jazz , even burlesque — nothing was off the table . she was working with singers , teaching classes as a guest choreographer in trending dance studios , and even doing minor dance cameos in tv and film . she got herself into the occasional scandal now and then , mostly by speaking too candidly in interviews , or spending her newfound wealth on something the public deemed obscene , but it was never enough to shake her reputation . ━ it wasn't until she found out that her mother was being sued by multiple people from milford for fraud that anything changed . the life lola worked so hard to craft was threatening to be torn apart by the one person who'd helped her build it , brick by bleeding brick . being a part of the berry crew was more of an act of desperation than it was something lola thought long and hard about , and she's hoping it will be enough to mitigate the fallout of her mother's actions if they ever become public knowledge .
❛ ✧ ── 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 + 𝒕𝒊𝒅𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒔 。
━ she's a bit of a black cat ; one moment she can be open and inviting and the next she's elusive and standoffish . in a parasocial sense it makes her an interesting person to want to follow , but as someone who has to live with her for the unforeseeable future , it could be polarizing . growing up within a competitive dance culture with a momager for a mother , lola never had many friends , so the ones she does manage to make are near and dear to her . to compensate for the lack of longterm , stable , connections in her life she got into the habit of short-lived , torrid relationships . ━ she's almost comically superstitious . before she dances she has all sorts of good luck rituals she'll swear to you work . giving people tarot readings is a newer hobby of lola's , and she's definitely no master . her readings range from surprisingly , maybe even touchingly insightful , to so far out of leftfield you'll swear she's fucking with you ( which she might be ) . ━ has deeply conflicting opinions about her mother , and it's the only topic that's ever really sore . on the flipside , she couldn't care less about the fact that she doesn't have a dad , and has laughed away many attempts the media has made to insinuate she might have daddy issues beacuse of it . mommy issues however ... snksndk she tends to fixate on older women figures in her life , not always in healthy ways . ━ dance has become a convoluted obsession more than it has a career for lola . it's to the point that she wouldn't know who she was if she wasn't dancing , and a career-ending injury would crumble her completely . because of this , she's a bit of a control freak when it comes to her body and health . she's also almost always dancing ; even now at the berry , she'll still find time to squeeze it in . if anyone ever wanted to learn how to dance , she's a surprisingly patient teacher . ━ very much marches to the beat of her own drum . because she can come across in so many different ways upon first impressions , lola learned to just do her own thing without much regard to how other people perceive her . she despises being underestimated or being spoken to condescendingly , and she desperately craves validation and success even if she's not upfront about it . ━ she's got a love for gothic literature , tchaikovsky's ballets , vintage leather jackets and anything metallic or sequined . she once hired a lawyer just to take down a subreddit dedicated to her feet because she's adamant her feet are the ugliest thing about her . she's entirely convinced if she encountered a wild animal one day it would sense a kindred spirit and not attack her . she almost got kicked out of the american ballet theater for giving herself the choppiest haircut to ever exist after receiving one slightly negative remark about her turnout . after living in new york city for so long , she's developed a minor phobia of driving and will come up with all sorts of excuses to live her life as a passenger princess .
𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 . 𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 .
