Frances
Character: Frances Zhang
Age: 18 (and a half)
Current Location: NYC, NY
Nationality: Canadian, half Chinese (on father’s side)
Education: Currently in prestigious music/performing arts school
Occupation: bartender at Upswing (jazz bar)
Relationship Status: None
Current Family: Dad (unnamed) and older sister (Alice Zhang) living somewhere in Toronto I guess
Religion: agnostic/unknown
Hobbies: playing trumpet, “socializing”, talking about jazz (the only topic she knows, continues to loop back to it in conversations)
Favorite Foods: Yes
Strongest Positive Personality Trait: endearingly innocent, optimistic, and hopeful. A dreamer. She's also a very genuine character in that she gives it to you straight and can be sincere. Can be very sweet.
Strongest Negative Personality Trait: Can be very self-centered and insensitive. Lies to self and makes excuses for herself - can be seen as delusional. Can be very stubborn, overconfident and extremely obsessive at times.
Sense of humor: Literally anything Azzi says
Philosophy of life: Frances has a strong fear of being ignored and forgotten. She has been somewhat neglected by both her family and others since she was a child and grew up not really knowing how to properly talk to others and form intimate relationships with others. Her main desire is born out of her fear of disappearing, but the desire isn't pure and comes in the form of obsession. Frances is the aspiring artist taken to the extreme, finding some false hope in being noticed in the music industry. In a way, she believes that having thousands of fans will cure the plague of loneliness that she doesn't even realize she suffers from. Continuing down this path, she doesn't realize that with this mindset, she'll never be truly content with her life. SOrry that got kind of dark
Eye Color: Hazel (black in comic)
Hair Style: Short and fluffy, usually tucked into a messy bun. Dyed pink
Build: Petite, slightly curvy
Will readers like or dislike this character: Depends. Either very likeable or very unlikeable. You could say that she's kind of a controversial character.
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Azzi
Character: Azzi Romano
Age: 21
Current Location: NYC, NY
Nationality: Italian American
Education: “
Occupation: none
Relationship Status: None, has a few short-lived ex boyfriends (from secondary school)
Current Family: Both parents, but don’t have a close relationship with Azzi
Religion: Christian
Hobbies: Using her phone, sleeping/staying in bed, going on walks
Favorite Foods: mainly trash, like instant ramen-
Strongest Positive Personality Trait: Very honest, loyal, and mature. Is very affectionate with people she cares for and can be very sincere.
Strongest Negative Personality Trait: Is especially cold and hard to approach - takes a long time to gain her trust and respect. Can be quite rude and sarcastic at inappropriate times. Refuses to socialize with other people and is very secretive about her life.
Sense of humor: Funny life situations
Philosophy of life: Azzi is haunted by her past, guilty for her selfishness towards her old roommate and only friend. She is terrified by the idea of forming a close bond with another person and purposefully isolates herself, spending as little time outside of her dorm as possible. The only person she really communicates with is Frances due to their relationship as roommates and Frances' tendency to be a total motormouth. Because of this Azzi has a bit of a soft spot for Frances, despite looking down on her immaturity and naivety. Unlike Frances, she's a depressed and pessimistic character with no desire other than to disappear completely . She thinks too hard about her actions but is impulsive anyway. Azzi is annoyed by Frances' constant attempts to befriend her but secretly wishes they could have a closer relationship.
Eye Color: Sky blue
Hair Style: Long and straight with cut bottom- black, blue in comic
Build: Tall and lean
Will readers like or dislike this character: Asshole with a heart of gold - mainly likeable
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Seymour (SPOILERS)
Character: Seymour Campbell (Seymour Torrez)
Age: 20
Current Location: NYC, NY
Nationality: From Spain?
Education: “
Occupation: none
Relationship Status: None
Current Family: Dad: (Kyle Torrez) and mom (Unknown)
Religion: Catholic
Hobbies: smoking, calling his dad, teaching (given the right circumstances)
Favorite Foods: Unknown
Strongest Positive Personality Trait: Is shown to be very intelligent, and can be a hard worker when he feels like it. A competent leader when times are rough.
Strongest Negative Personality Trait: Can act entitled and snobby- enjoys showing off his knowledge and is generally pretty rude to others but usually doesn’t have bad intentions
Sense of humor: Dark humor and “smart” humor
Philosophy of life: Seymour despises the idea of fame and considers it to be pointless and insincere. Part of his philosophy is because of his father (Kyle), whose dedication to his craft destroyed the family and drove his wife away. Seymour's relationship to fame is shown by his relationship to his father. Seymour secretly distances himself from his father, purposefully not associating himself with him and changing his last name. Despite this, he still has the desire to make his dad proud, at the same time proving him wrong.
Eye Color: Brown, black in comic
Hair Style: Spiky and messy with sideburns - black
Build: Especially tall and lanky
Will readers like or dislike this character: Seymour is usually the “straight man” in the story so he’s mainly likeable or readers will have a neutral feeling towards him. Then again his snobbishness can be really annoying.
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Renee
Character: Renee Kitt
Age: 19
Current Location: NY, NYC
Nationality: African American
Education: “
Occupation: On-and-off pet sitter and other unknown occupations
Relationship Status: Unknown
Current Family: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Hobbies: Learning useless skills, watching YouTube, online shopping for clothes, singing, other unknown hobbies
Favorite Foods:
Strongest Positive Personality Trait: Silent but deadly character - mostly acts as a comic relief but is also charming in the sense that she shows her affection for others in small gestures. Also she's pretty laid back and chill.
Strongest Negative Personality Trait: Is shown to be careless, unreliable, and unpredictable. Shows up whenever she feels like it and leaves when she wants to. Mysterious character that nobody knows too much about.
Sense of humor: None.
Philosophy of life: Renee is kind of the odd one out in the cast, as she doesn't have any particular desires, fears, or insecurities. She is mainly content with her own life as she stopped caring about what other people thought about her a long time ago (unlike the rest of the cast). In a way she's a character who has transcended. What she represents is up to the reader, which is why her character is kept so ambiguous/mysterious.
Eye Color: brown, black in comic
Hair Style: black, she has like really thick dreadlock-things that go all over the place, stuffed in beanie occasionally
Build: Petite and skinny
Will readers like or dislike this character: Mainly likeable or neutral
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Anton
Character: Anton Flores
Age: 19
Current Location: NY, NYC
Nationality: Mexican American
Education: "
Occupation: Unknown
Relationship Status: Has a girlfriend (unknown)
Current Family: Parents and little sister (unknown)
Religion: Catholic
Hobbies: Trying different instruments, "vlogging", making friends, partying
Favorite Foods:
Strongest Positive Personality Trait: Very easygoing and friendly, optimistic and encouraging
Strongest Negative Personality Trait: Can be seen as "fake" by some, and his constant positivity can get annoying. Implied to be pretty self-centered
Sense of humor: Dad jokes and light humor
Philosophy of life: Anton likes to float around and try new things and meet new people. He's very flexible and is mainly content with his life. He can be seen as a parallel to Renee, as a person whose entire life is based on socializing with others. Unlike Renee, Anton's true nature is hidden under his well-rounded, secure outside personality.
Eye Color: Light brown, black in comic
Hair Style: Orangey-brown, hair is split down the middle and bouncy
Build: Stocky
Will readers like or dislike this character: Neutral or unlikeable (well at least I don't really like him. Sorry Anton)
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Anthony Fulton
Character: Anthony Fulton
Age: 30- something
Current Location: NYC, NY
Nationality: American
Education: graduated from a university
Occupation: owns and runs a bar (Upswing)
Relationship Status: Wife (unknown)
Current Family: Has one daughter (unknown)
Religion: Unknown
Hobbies: Running the bar, running the bar... Stressing over the bar...
Favorite Foods: Alchohol
Strongest Positive Personality Trait: Laid back and mostly easy to talk to
Strongest Negative Personality Trait: Kind of a loser, very insecure and borderline depressed. Lifeless and dead.
Sense of humor: Sarcastic humor
Philosophy of life: Anthony is basically stuck in a ditch, both as a washed-up musician who lost his passion for art and as the owner of a dying business. He drinks a lot and doesn't care for a lot, pretty much given up. He sees potential in Frances and at the same time sees a little bit of himself in her. In an act of last-minute selflessness, he does what he can to help her out, like letting her work at Upswing and lending her advice and equipment. Anthony is dying, but not physically.
Eye Color: Brown, black in comic
Hair Style: Curly and medium length, messy
Build: Average height and square-ish
Will readers like or dislike this character: Mostly neutral
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Kyle (SPOILERS)
Character: Kyle Torrez
Age: early to mid 30s
Current Location: NY, NYC
Nationality: from Spain?
Education: Graduated from prestigious music/performing arts school, known as NYCJ
Occupation: Plays in a respected band and owns a popular jazz bar/night club
Relationship Status: Single dad
Current Family: Only son: Seymour
Religion: Unknown
Hobbies: Smoking, calling up his son, farting around, doing whatever he wants basically
Favorite Foods:
Strongest Positive Personality Trait: Charismatic and positive, hard worker sometimes, dedicated artist
Strongest Negative Personality Trait: Cocky and full of himself. Expects a little too much from his son and at the same time is pretty bad at parenting. Frances' personality flaws but taken to the extreme.
Sense of humor: Anything that's meant to be funny
Philosophy of life: Kyle Torrez represents everything Frances has ever wanted: attention, fame, thousands of admirers, and godly musical skill. Like Frances, he is optimistic and confident at any given time. He's a man with everything he's ever wanted, both running a successful business and living as a modern-day Frank Sinatra. Whether or not Kyle is truly content is up for interpretation.
Eye Color: Black
Hair Style: Tucked back into a bun, black
Build: Short and lanky, but wears a puffy sweatshirt to hide it.
Will readers like or dislike this character: Neutral or unlikeable.
oh yeah, thanks for the template!! I found it to be really useful for digging deeper into each of the characters
edit: i don't know why Anton's isn't hidden correctly? Sorry it's so unsatisfying >_<
edit edit: Shat, I posted in the novels section again