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y’all made me feel like adding my notes for all the widdecombes so here they are

laura widdecombe (née tulley), 48 years old, part-time receptionist, aries. mrs. widdecombe is one of those women who are just born to be mothers and can’t fathom how that’s not someone’s main goal in life. before she dedicated her entire life to motherhood, she was an interior designer and she always has some kind of project going on. every time you come to their house, something is a little bit different. 

russell widdecombe, 48 years old, science teacher, libra. kids from around big bear might know russell from their middle school science classes... or just from around town really, as he seems to be friends with just about everyone. he’s a little quirky but he’s extremely helpful and probably has the most well-stocked tool shed in the entire village due to the above-mentioned renovations.

benjamin widdecombe, 29 years old, real estate agent, pisces. ben lives a few towns over but you’d almost think he never moved because he’s always in town to drop his kids off with their grandparents. growing up, he and jacob were pretty much inseparable. somehow they still seem to travel in a pack even though they’ve both moved away and don’t even live that close.. hazel suffered in high school when all the girls in her year had a crush on ben. 

jancey widdecombe (née carr), 28 years old, dentist, sagittarius. the target of a lot of teen resentment because she ended up marrying ben :/ she’s one of those dentists who will shade you for not flossing as much as you should, even if you’re not one of her patients. other than that she’s pretty nice, but aylie and hazel still talk shit about her a lot.

oaklee widdecombe, 6 years old, 1st grade student, sagittarius. thinks she’s the smartest person in the entire world because she learned how to read at the age of 5, and her parents treated that as if it was a miracle. she’s one of those kids who cannot stop talking because she just wants to share everything she knows, and she’s currently obsessed with sharks.

tayden widdecombe, 3 years old, kindergarten student, aquarius. catch jancey always talking about how all the girls at kindergarten are in love with tayden... she’s that kind of mom tbh :/ he wants to be everyone’s best friend but also doesn’t like to share toys, so he’ll try to play with you but then get upset when you do. also lowkey thinks he’s spider-man.

jacob widdecombe, 28 years old, paralegal, capricorn. call him jake and you die. he also lives in a nearby town but in the opposite direction from ben. always said he was going to be a preacher when he grew up but when he got back from his mission trip that plan had been dropped. no one really knows what happened, most likely he just got tired of reading the same book to people every day.

naomi widdecombe (née fielding), 26 years old, graphic designer, taurus. is not actually a mormon shock horror but is from utah, so that balances it all out. she’s hazel’s favorite sister-in-law because she’s a lot more chill than jancey. she also makes her own books for seth because she is an absolute legend like that.

seth widdecombe, 1 year old, baby, virgo. he is... a baby idt i have any personality headcanons for this 1 year old but he has a cthulhu plushie and we love that for him!

okay fuck it i’m gonna put some backstory under this read more bc what the fuck am i supposed to do with all this Knowledge.

eleanor is that very quirky and artsy mom that’s fun and loving but she’s kinda... weird? she’s an aquarius, just like roman. gotta love a momma’s boy. she can bake super well so there’s always nice snacks around the house which roman definitely brings back to his apartment. eleanor is also the reason all kids have names starting with an r.

richard is basically a walking history book. he’ll know the answer to any history related question ever from the top of his head. he’s that nice history teacher who could even make the most boring classes fun, and of course he’s like that as a dad too.

we all know roman lol

river is the sibling roman gets along with the least. there’s no particular reason, they just annoy eachother constantly. river studied philosophy, and just like his dad he’s super smart and he aced it basically. but his passion is music so now he’s trying to make it as a musician instead. bc what the fuck are you gonna do with a philosophy major, other than being annoyingly pretentious.

uuh i cant say too much about rumor bc she’s not my character lol but roman loves her a lot he probably gets along the best with her out of all the siblings.

001. 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐞 | fc: josh duhamel | 47

jackson is a famous musician from the UK that had major success all over the world when he was a teen/early twenties. he met the love of his life while he was on tour in the states when he was 20 and a year later they had their first son. he continued to tour up until aylie was born and they all moved to the english countryside to lead a normal life. now he is a famous music producer/songwriter who lives in london, but you can still catch him playing sold out arenas every so often. 

002. 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐞 | fc: jennifer garner | deceased

addison holbrook fell in love at 18 and her life was never the same. a college student working at big bear, she had big dreams of becoming a famous author, and she had the talent to do it. but everything stopped when jackson monroe stepped into the resort for one of her ski classes. she never expected to be that girl, but they had a true fairytale love story - which definitely made the kids want to vomit - but even though she got pregnant at 18 and moved her life to the other side of the world, she never regretted it. her husband and her kids were her life. she passed away after a horrible car accident on her way to pick up aylie from her ballet recital, but her humor, her heart, and her care free spirit live on in the monroe kids.

003. 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐞 | fc: matthew daddario | 28

the oldest of the monroe siblings, cole is the one aylie has always looked up to. he could do no wrong in her eyes - just like her dad, he was superman, especially after their mom died. cole is probably the most british out of all of them. he lives and breathes london and would never move out of the uk. he went to oxford, where he got his bachelor of literature. cole is definitely the one who took after his mom in every way. he’s written a few books of his own, but works at a publishing company as one of the head editors, hoping to one day discover the next great piece of literature. he’d protect aylie with his life and felt a sense of responsibility for her when their mom passed away, and doesn’t really like the idea of her being at big bear. doesn’t mean he didn’t contribute to the big brother torture she endured growing up.

004. 𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐞 | fc: xavier serrano | 24

the clown of the family. he can never really take anything seriously. ryder is probably the one aylie is closest to, despite her being close to both of her brothers and her dad - they’re a tight knit family and always have been. but her and ryder grew up like twins. ryder is definitely more like his dad though. music runs in his blood and he’s been in a band that’s toured through the states for a few years now. he skipped college to focus on his music, and it worked out. he’s even written songs for groups like bastille. he was behind the dachsund incident of 2012 though, where he and cole tied aylie up and painted peanut butter over her so their dogs would lick it off. he’s probably the reason aylie has such fight inside of her, but she’d be lost without him. 

005. 𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐞 | fc: taylor hill | 22

lorenzo diangelo ( robert downey jr )  — 53 years old. lawyer. desperately wants to keep his children away from his family’s shady business. can be really strict, but he just wants the best for his children. really competitive, and prone to outbursts but would never lay a hand on his kids. sometimes he helps out at the pizzaria. 

francesca “franny” diangelo nee bertinelli ( rachel weisz )  — 50 years old. pediatrician. harvard graduate. incredibly loving and supportive. she has a penchant for “adopting” kids that aren’t hers. unfortunately, she can’t cook for a shit, but she’s really good at cheese and wine pairings. 

giancarlo “gio” diangelo ( nick robinson ) — 25 years old. on his last year of law school. the family’s golden boy. way too smart for his own good, but he sucks at physical activities. currently engaged to his high school sweetheart, jennifer. marco hates being constantly compared to him. 

nicoletta “nikki” diangelo ( maia mitchell ) — 23 years old. works at a PR firm representing celebrities. studied literature at yale. incredibly pop-culture savvy, and knows all of the scandals. really good at twisting people’s words in her favor. always roasts marco. 

marco diangelo  — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tZ156d2jOo

serena diangelo ( danielle rose russell )  — 19 years old. biology major at columbia university. she wants to be a doctor like her mom. snarky as fuck. falls in love way too easily, which is why marco is protective of her but she can handle herself anyway. knows marco’s secrets.

jennifer sinclair ( alexandra shipp ) — 24 years old. gio’s high school sweeatheart turned fiancee. will probably cure cancer.

jo cormac  — HONORARY DIANGELO!!!  she’s everyone’s favorite family member. they took her in when they were much younger almost as if she’s legitimately part of the family. marco would do anything for her. 

ludovico diangelo ( robert deniro ) — 76 years old. brought his whole family to the united states 55 years ago. the pizzaria suffered financially back then, which is why ludovico had to make business with several members of the italian mafia. hesitant to show his feelings, but would do anything for his family.

eleanora diangelo ( susan sarandon )  — 73 years old. incredibly family centered. worked the hardest to establish (legally) the family’s pizzaria in new york. constantly cooking and baking. she hates that her family’s shady business operates under the pizzaria. marco’s “nona”

federico diangelo  — deceased. died at age 45. he was incredibly invested in the crime business of the family, but he had to pay with his life for it. he was the reason why the diangelo family had to lay low with their operations.

armando diangelo  — 57 years old. still heavily invested in the family’s shady business, because he has 7 children to provide for. his children really exposed marco to crime and drugs at a young age.

damiano diangelo  — 55 years old. he doesn’t want to rely on crime, and instead focuses on maintaining the pizzaria. father of 5 children. has 2 ex-wives.

 gustavo bertinelli  — father of francesca diangelo. died years before marco was born, so he knows nothing about him. 

giada bertinelli ( susan lucci ) — 73 years old. she was a really big tv actress in the 70s. now owns a jewelry store. very dramatic, and can be snobby and superficial sometimes. has had, like, 3 ex-husbands. currently dating a 30 year old. 

bianca scott nee bertinelli ( marisa tomei ) — 53 years old. franny’s older sister. marco’s favorite and only aunt. she spent most of her life travelling and living her best life even though she doesn’t have kids. went to high school with frank scott but they only hooked up at the 30th reunion. owns a boutique in big bear. marco currently lives with her and frank. 

DONGWOOK MOON: dongwook is a sixty-one-year-old CEO of a real estate company.   he married jiwon,   ian’s mother,   when he was thirty-nine.   by this time,   jiwon was already pregnant with ian and they had the wedding immediately after finding out about her pregnancy to avoid any negative rumors from the media and dongwook’s business partners.   he married and had a child so late in life because he was busy with his family’s company which was inherited from his father.   dongwook was absent for much of ian’s childhood.   ian remembers him mostly for the time they spent together while he prepared to become the future CEO of the moon’s company,   however,   that fell through when ian had a breakdown and decided to stop pursuing that goal.   their contact is limited and when they do talk over the phone,   the conversations are strained and short. 

JIWON MOON: jiwon is a forty-seven-year-old stay at home wife.   she got pregnant with ian when she was twenty-five while having a casual affair with dongwook,   and they decided to get married right away.   jiwon didn’t consider herself ready to be a mother,   but marrying into the influential moon family meant financial stability for her parents and for herself,   for the rest of their lives.   she was often off traveling while ian went to school in seoul.   the silhouette ian remembers of her during his childhood is of jiwon sitting at the dining table with a half-empty glass of wine and an empty look in her eyes.   she was not as emotionally distant as dongwook,   but it felt like there was a barrier between the possibility of a mother-son relationship.   she calls ian once every two weeks and asks for updates about his life,   though they mostly end up talking about the love that didn’t exist in ian’s life in seoul that she swears,   half-heartedly,   was there.