INTRODUCING: GEMMA PITTS

whatever the opposite of a girl boss is. a girl failure.

gemma grew up always in anticipation of something: she never knew what, but she had this overwhelming feeling that at any moment something could happen. maybe she'd say the wrong thing and embarrass herself, maybe she'd get hit by a bus, or find a hundred dollars on the ground. it didn't have to be important- she just couldn't shake the idea that she was living on the precipice.

awkward in a way thats it's maybe almost cool - to the right people. enjoys the kind of party she can disappear in, or a loud club with good music: wherever she can get out of her head.

often funny without trying to be, although she's found it easier to present herself online than irl. amassed a reasonable twitter following- which she'd say is the least sexy form of social media fame, but one she'll take regardless.

though she got her father's anxiety, gemma picked up a few things from her uncles as well. for one, her uncle chuck's flamboyance- she loves a comically oversized coat and an unnecessarily dramatic exit. more than that though, her dad and his friends introduced her to great artists and writers. she's a writer herself, or rather- she writes. writing's something she mostly keeps to herself, not sure she's good enough to make it worth sharing.

likes: pop music, ironic graphic tees, buddy comedies, weiner dogs; dislikes: loud chewers, mint chocolate anything, first dates

about ;

daphne's half brother. left rosewood with his father when he was in middle school. came back to visit during the summer for a few years but never really had any interest in being there so willow opted on family holidays elsewhere instead. because of that he's somewhat of an outsider with the st elmo's kids as well.

he's back because things blew up with his dad after he dropped out of college and was subsequently berated for it when it wasn't laziness nor selfishness that had driven his decision, rather that he'd had a quiet little menty b and literally couldn't function under the pressure. he didn't have anywhere else to go, so... showing up at his mom's house like he was there for a hot chan summer it was. besides, he wouldn't mind spending some real time with his cousins and his sister. especially if it involves scoping out her wild ass job at coyote ugly. and also figuring out how the hell she has her life so put together while he seems to find it so difficult.

has zero knowledge about rosewood in general and little interest in entertaining nonsense so he's bound to step on some toes and get himself in trouble. tbh he probably gets into fights just to feel something.

about ;

long story short nova's bungholio husband helped bridget acquire baby boy and has held that over her ever since.

his name means ‘sun’, a gesture from bridget to nova, and a coincidental hint that her entire world would come to revolve around him.

he’s not so much spoiled but rather fortunate enough to have grown up never wanting for anything, especially love. for that reason he’s never felt the same need to distance the world to protect himself the way his mom and aunts did. this makes him quite the extrovert, but also leaves him wide open to disappointment.

the kind of person who has an innate ability to make people feel special when he’s paying attention to them. fits the bill of a manic pixie dream lisbon.

INTRODUCING: EVE STIFLER

like her father, eve responds equally to both her first and last name. a stifler 2.0, if you will. stifler jr if you prefer, baby stifler, etc. and so forth. truly her father's daughter, eve is like somebody said, okay what if schmidt stifler was a lesbian in her twenties. she's almost as much of menace, and an even bigger flirt, but definitely more politically correct.

having grown up more than well off, and without the stress of finding a job afterwards, eve went to ravenwood for an art degree. her real talent, however, is in schmoozing, which she uses in her job at an art gallery downtown. she has a real knack for getting her way, whether that's convincing some celebrity they absolutely need some outrageous piece for their summer home, or getting the owner to let her 'have a couple friends over' after hours.

generally goofy, but in a charismatic kind of sexy way. will say things like "you know i'm always saying that" after a sentence definitely nobody's said before. thinks she could be a less evil ellen if she really set her mind to it.

gabriel is his government name, please- call him GABE. 

not nearly the big personality his father is though he made many an awkward attempt to be until he finally accepted he’s just not that guy. he’s been a lot more comfortable ever since. 

spent more time in other peoples’ homes growing up than his own, not because marlo wasn’t around or anything but once the idea was presented to him that he didn’t have to stay in one place, well, he didn’t. it helped that he had so many people to call family on the south side too. 

may come off as more quiet and serious than the rest of his friends but that’s just until he opens his mouth, then he’s just as goofy (albeit a little more toned down)

fully aware that he’s not physically the strongest but can definitely still hold his own and secretly kind of likes that people underestimate him. he’s more of a cause the distraction and run kind of guy anyway. 

THE WESTERFELD SIBLINGS ;

OTIS: the grump who’s probably rung you up at the cashiers of traxs. he’s currently trying to decide what exactly it is that he wants to do with his life. yes, working at traxs has been incredible as his interests very much lie in music— we can only imagine who he got that trait from but he likes to think he’s got more to offer the music world than selling the music of his idols. so he’s taken to what most musical upstarts do; releasing beats and dj sets onto soundcloud in hopes that maybe, this is exactly what he’s suppose to be doing. 

possible connections: the fellow musically inclined members of 2gen; he’ll happily or not so happily sell them a record or maybe they’ll link up as he’s behind the decks at some party in town. 

SELAH: takes very much after the floyd bloodline in that words are very much her median. currently working as an intern for them. magazine, she uses words to bring attention to news and commentary to the lgbtq+ community, a community very near and dear to her heart. when not using her words to better the world, she enjoys the company of her very eccentric extended family and she’s currently happily in an on going relationship with her sweetheart, navid ahadi. 

𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙼𝙾𝙽𝚃𝚂.

SOPHIA: she spent so much of her adolescents trying to reclaim herself after feeling tragedy had taken that away from her. it took awhile but eventually she felt whole again. once given the chance she left rosewood and never looked back. sophia grew up to be a crisis counselor for women. along the way she reconnected with trevor one night and accidentally became pregnant. she never told him about their daughter because she didn’t want to tie him down to her. only serena & radley know who salem’s father is. sophia’s lived a quiet life and that’s how she intends to keep it. 

BEVERLY: still an ametur sleuth, still skeptical of people & still very much a criminal justice major at stanford. beverly just minds her business and studies her silly little books. that is until rocky walsh decides to disturb her peace. why she’s friends with him she’ll never know. 

the lisbons

NOVA LISBON

behavior analyst. eventually nova settled down and got hitched to some dude simply because she wasn’t getting any younger and she didn’t want to die alone, especially since her and her sisters had figured out how to successfully live more independently from each other, not so much out of love. very on/off deal, which works cause she doesn’t have much time to dwell on emotions when taking care of two troublemaker kids and her job. on top of that she’s still the head of the peer counseling program she started back in college and even expanded on the idea, opening up a shelter for young people to go when they need to run whether it be for a few hours or a few nights.

ROMEO LISBON

himbo / just vibing. honestly doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life so he’s just floating around. has gone from part time job to part time job a la trish from austin and ally. is attending classes at ravenwood but mostly to meet people and go to parties. an undeclared major. it’s not that he isn’t intelligent but he would much rather put his energy into living life to the fullest and gaining life experience than honing in on any one thing. after all why limit oneself? 

MAEVE LISBON