#chirisingtask

She taught a lesson about A boat that is sailing the sea Trying to get from point A to B So the little boat's traveling at full sail And it's trying to reach the shore But whenever the boat gets halfway there There's always halfway more

- Halfway, Amelie

Caitriona Byrne and Wonder Woman

Nurturing, Diplomatic, Strong-willed

Wonder Woman aka Diana Prince is an Amazon Princess, superhero, and ambassador who often thinks with her heart and fights for truth and justice. She and Cait share similar morals as Cait got her start in journalism over the desire to share people’s truths and in a way bring justice to the people who’s lives were getting twisted by more biased reporting.

Wonder Woman is the kind of hero that will not back down from a challenge, but will opt to choose diplomacy before violence. Cait would willingly do whatever she had to in order to protect herself and her daughter, but she is much more willing to try to solve things with words before ever resorting to violence.

WALL·E and Dr Jackson Clarke Rockwell

Playful, Kind, Adventurous 

WALL·E is the well known and loved robot from the Pixar movie sharing the same name. He is a waste allocation load lifter, earth class - leaving him to essentially collect and compact rubbish on a now abandoned earth. Both WALL·E and Jackson share a need to break from the expectations put on them, while WALL·E often keeps the rubbish he is ordered to compact, Jackson cannot stop himself painting despite repeated efforts by his father to burn the desire out of him.

They both share a love for the ordinary, able to find amazement and wonder in the smallest things. While Jackson is able to stare at ducks for hours, so too is WALL·E able to find wonderment among the mundane garbage he collects. This in turn drives their need for adventure, and uncanny ability to explore the world in ways unexpected.

The two characters also possess hearts of gold, and their earnest nature is a draw to the people around them. While WALL·E is able to change the life of inhabitants of Axiom and EVE, Jackson often touches the people around them, his patient manner and honest is known to change the mind and mood of the people he meets.

Anya Liu and Rogue

Strong willed, Humorous, Independent

Rogue is a main character on X-Men the Animated TV series as well as as comic book character. Both she and Anya have had mothers who impose their will on them early in their lives and have tried to shape them to be what their mother desired rather than what they wanted. Both also managed to take their own lives back for themselves and break out of their mother’s control.

While both struggle with certain aspects of their past, they don’t let that stop them from living life as fully as possible. Both have great senses of humor and can often be found joking around or sassing people. Despite doing well in group settings, both don’t like to be told what to do or have people disrespect them, and if they have a problem with you, they’ll be sure to let you know.

Spike Spiegel and Leland W. Avery

Reckless, Nonchalant, Sarcastic

Spike Spiegel is the main character of the Anime Cowboy Bebop, taking the post of a bounty hunter or as he calls himself ‘Cowboy’ aboard the Bebop ship. Like Leland, Spike was raised in a rough life, not unuse to violence and misdemeanors. Both Leland and Spike have a very dry sense of humor and very rarely express emotions such as enjoyment or excitement. 

They both also share a laid-backed and almost lazy mentally, that masks their actual competency at their jobs, both being more accomplished and skilled than they let on. They both also come off more as anti-heroes despite having heroic jobs.

Asami Sato and Maxine Bennett

Hardworking, Kindhearted, Mature

Both Max and Asami have been undermined or looked down upon for both their beauty, renown, and wealth. Max is an actress in a business where she is easily written off as a pretty face who makes money for standing there and looking nice while Asami is the daughter of a wealthy businessman and written off as having things easy because of her wealth and money. Despite their favorable circumstances, both Max and Asami are hard workers and never take anything they have for granted. Max has worked for decades to get where she is and trained in her craft while Asami has a keep business mind and a good understanding of mechanics (what her father’s company revolves around) so that she is rightfully able to take over the company after him.

2017 had been a rough year for Max. After nearly a decade in the spotlight, she’d started to crumble under the pressure of it all. The more time went on, the less pleasure she found in her job, and the more the parts she’d never signed up for became a source of anxiety for her until she had to bow out and take some time off. With the new year, she knew that she couldn’t hide in Chicago forever. She had to face reality and try to find a way to find joy in her work, so with the close of the year, she sat down to make herself a list of goals.

Go back to LA for work

Face my job, don’t run from it

Find a way to keep Chicago a part of my life

Pursue friendships that have nothing to do with my job

Take a break every now and then

Your bare feet sliding on the old wooden floorboards, Home just as you left it but still you’re shaken, Like walking into a museum somehow out of time. It’s all the same except the girl in the hallway

- How to Return Home, Tales from the Bad Years