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"puff piece" editorial for interview magazine ss23, featuring dara allen photographed by cruz valdez with hair by sonny molina

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Patti Wilson, nativa di New York City, è una stilista e consulente di moda nota per il suo stile istintivo, provocatorio e progressista. Wilson, mentre lavorava in un jazz club, una fotografa rimase colpita dal suo stile personale e le chiese se poteva utilizzarlo durante i servizi fotografici. La serendipità spontanea unita all’etica del lavoro, l’apertura mentale e il senso dello stile, hanno…

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Okay, I saw your screencap redraw, and as someone else who's *obsessed* with Carmen's parents, I had to take you up on that offer. So, consider this ask license to infodump your thoughts on them! :)

AGH ok so-

Carmen's parents have a LOT of potential narrative-wise, and I really hope one day we'll see more of them in canon. (Maybe comics like the showrunner talked about before?)

Like how in the world did they meet??? Cause idk i feel like Carlotta disappeared way too easily to have just been a civilian. I think she was a thief too, not VILE, she only steals when she needs to, for one reason or another.

this is getting long oops- under the cut!

I think they happened to be going after the same thing, at the same time, and hoo boy do they not get along lol. Turns out Carlotta (telling Dexter her name is Vera Cruz. He does not believe her) had agreed to steal the whatever-it-is in exchange for an under-the-radar trip somewhere else.

They make a deal: Dexter gets her there, and he gets to keep the prize. Yay, roadtrip!

Cue rivals-to-friends-to-lovers speedrun lmao

Some time passes after that (during which they continue to see each other) and many months later they discover oops they made a Carmen

Dexter begins making his much longer trips away from VILE (wanting to support his partner with their unborn kid as much as he can) and starts the process of leaving. When Carmen is born, his trips away get longer and VILE finally catches wind of what's happening, and you know the rest.

AHH ok headcanons about each:

Dexter

definitely shares a lot of personality traits with Carmen. Even just from what we saw during Shadowsan's flashback, they are so so similar :( The two combined chaos energies probably would've driven Carlotta up a wall lmao

woulda been a fantastic girl dad. this man would have sat thru tea parties and played barbies with little Carmen and LOVED IT

dad jokes. that is all.

probably also a very high energy/troublemaking kid, like Carmen

Seriously I picture him and Carmen being super close if he'd survived.

idk i think it'd be funny that this master thief that is 1/5th of the leadership of a massive and ancient crime organization is an absolute dorky dad lmao

bi

was gonna ask Carlotta to marry him after he escaped. but. well.. yk.

Was gonna pick Shadowsan to take his place on the faculty anyway

knows guitar, and probably would've taught carmen how to as well.

is it a universal dad thing to enjoy Jimmy Buffet music or is that just my dad??? Idk either way he vibes. Carlotta has a video of him softly strumming a guitar with baby Carmen in his lap and singing "Little Miss Magic" to her ;-;

also enjoys AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Guns n Roses, all that kinda stuff. Probably projecting my own dad a bit but oh well

As much as he'd hate he couldn't be there for Carmen when she was growing up, I think he'd be glad she at least had Shadowsan looking out for her :)

He would be so proud of everything Carmen has done and accomplished ;-;

Carlotta

its probably been said before, but Carlotta definitely started up the orphanage in Buenos Aires hoping Carmen would end up in it at some point.

Carmen inherited thief skills from both parents idc. Carlotta definitely gave Dexter a run for his money lol

looks a lot like carmen, but with green eyes instead of gray, and more brown hair than Carmen's red/auburn.

also the parent carmen got her freckles from (BC Carmen had em when she was little, and she spent a lot of time out in the sun!! I will die on the Carmen having faint freckles hill dangit!)

also bi. idk these two give bi4bi vibes.

more likely to get into a fistfight out of the two of them ("Carlotta, no!" "Carlotta YES" *cut to Dexter desperately trying to hold her back* "CARLOTTA PLEASE WE'RE TRYING NOT TO GET CAUGHT")

Upon reuniting with and getting to know Carmen, she's very much reminded of Dexter. She'd be all too happy to tell her stories of Dexter.

definitely also has a bit of a mischief streak too.

absolutely did NOT put up with Dexter's nonsense at first lol

was initially terrified of what Dexter would think when she told him they were gonna be parents, but was quickly reassured when the next time Dexter came back from VILE he had armloads of baby stuff from around the world.

Probably has a big extended family but after Dexter's death and Carmen disappears, she gets distant with them. After reuniting with Carmen though, accidentally runs into a family member with her and they're like "wait is that her?? She's alive??" and just like that Carmen has managed to acquire ANOTHER family lol.

Absolutely thrilled to learn Carmen wasn't alone all those years and immediately just adopts Zack, Ivy, and Player lol

Probably a little hesitant about Shadowsan at first, given that he was supposed to assassinate Dexter and did actually take her daughter to VILE, but eventually they're chill and he tells her stories of Black Sheep's antics. Meanwhile Carmen is in the background begging him not to lol.

I think once she got over her distrust of Shadowsan and got to know him, and sees how close he and Carmen are, she'd be glad that he was there for Carmen when Dexter couldn't be.

ARGHSH I have plans for them in many AUs lol. I'll get around to actually enacting em someday XD

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fast and furious | oc rollcall

leah cruz / angelo guzman / santiago valdez / yara nassar

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Explosión deja 12 muertos y decenas de heridos en Villa Valdez

En un trágico incidente que ha conmovido a todo el país, al menos 12 personas perdieron la vida y otras 65 resultaron heridas debido a una explosión en la República Dominicana, según informó la Cruz Roja Dominicana en un comunicado. El fatídico suceso tuvo lugar el pasado lunes en Villa Valdez, provincia de San Cristóbal, y además se reportan 55 personas desaparecidas como resultado de esta…

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Paloma Elsesser by Cruz Valdez for Family Style Magazine Issue 2

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Paloma Elsesser by Cruz Valdez for Family Style Magazine Issue 2

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Akobi, Aweng Chuol, Dara Allen, Dominique Silver, Owen Ley, Richie Shazam, Fashion, Gia Love by Cruz Valdez for Purple Magazine February 2023

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Anyiang Yak and Diana Achan photographed by Cruz Valdez for AnOther Magazine March 2023

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Might as well work on this one too…

On Age in Carmen Sandiego (2019)

Or, at the very least, in the timeline of Crimson Shades.

First off, Carmen’s mother, Carlotta Valdez (aka “Vera Cruz”), was supposed to have “died” in 1999. Carmen looked around perhaps a year old at that point in time, giving her a possible birth-date in 1996 to 1997. This in turn suggests that the series takes place some time before the actual date of publication—say, 2017/2018 onwards—to maintain Carmen’s rough age.

Rough age ranges of the characters, taking Carmen’s rough birthdate for estimation:

Team Red

Isabela Valdez/Black Sheep/Carmen Sandiego: 16/17 starting at VILE, 18/19 during the Poitiers Caper, 22/23 by the end.

Fairly self-explanatory.

Pierre Bouchard/Player: 12/13 as a White Hat Hacker, 14/15 during the Poitiers Caper, 18/19 by the end.

Not quite old enough for a learner’s permit (Up Here it’s a G1) during the earlier capers.

Ivy Collins: 19 during the Donuts/Poitiers Capers, 23 by the end.

Zack Collins: 18 during the Donuts/Poitiers Capers, 22 by the end.

Zack is supposed to be around a year younger than Ivy.

Nakamura Suhara/Shadowsan: 23 when sent after Dexter Wolfe, 42 during the Poitiers Caper, 46 by the end.

Young but not too young, as it were.

VILE

Eartha McGlynn/Coach Brunt: 39 upon receiving Black Sheep, 58 during the Poitiers Caper, 61 when arrested, 63 by the end.

Gunnar Stromme/Professor Maelstrom: 37 upon receiving Black Sheep, 56 during the Poitiers Caper, 60 when arrested, 62 by the end.

Oluchi Cleopatra Okorie/Countess Cleo: 26 upon receiving Black Sheep, 45 during the Poitiers Caper, 49 when arrested, 51 by the end.

Saira Dhibar/Doctor Bellum: 33 upon receiving Black Sheep, 54 during the Poitiers Caper, 58 when arrested, 60 by the end.

Sir Nigel Braithwaite/Roundabout: 56 when appointed, 57 when arrested, 59 by the end.

Margherita Picasso/Cookie Booker: 54 when first pelted, 62 when the Hard Drive was stolen, 67 by the end.

Vlad Bobinski: 28 upon receiving Black Sheep, 45 upon letting Black Sheep get away, 50 by the end.

Boris Vladinski: 27 upon receiving Black Sheep, 44 while watching Vlad let Black Sheep get away, 49 by the end.

They may be slightly younger or older, but at least Coach Brunt’s age seems to have been confirmed at 60 by the time of the Fourth Season.

Graham Calloway/Gray/Crackle: 18 starting at VILE, 20 during the Poitiers Caper, 24 by the end.

Jean-Paul Marignan/Le Chèvre: 19 starting at VILE, 21 during the Poitiers Caper, 25 by the end.

Antonio Sánchez/El Topo: 18/19 starting at VILE, 20/21 during the Poitiers Caper, 24/25 by the end.

Sheena Landry/Tigress: 18 starting at VILE, 20 during the Poitiers Caper, 23 when arrested, 24 by the end.

Parker Morris/Mime Bomb: 18 starting at VILE, 20 during the Poitiers Caper, 23 when arrested, 25 by the end.

Sawa Jin/Paper Star: 17 starting at VILE, 18 during the Magna Carta Caper, 22 when arrested at the end.

ACME

Tamara Fraser/Chief: 26 when killing Dexter Wolfe, 45 during the Poitiers Caper, 49 when arresting VILE, 51 by the end.

Inspector/Agent Chase Devineaux: 37 during the Poitiers Caper, 38/39 when arresting VILE, 41 by the end.

Agent Julia Argent: 25 during the Poitiers Caper, 27 when arresting VILE, 29 by the end.

This is going to cause some trouble, I just know it. But the average amount of time it takes to get a university degree in the UK is around three years, and Julia has two of them. She also seems to have jumped right to an associate professorship at Oxford in Season 3, the requirements for which are around 4-6 years of study plus a thesis. Thus Julia would have had to have been in school for at least something like seven to nine years before joining Interpol, with whom she had apparently only been for a fortnight before the Poitiers Caper. The number above assumes that she skipped a year and took a year less to complete her second degree. Or took two years less. Or started two years early. You get my point. Basically, Julia has to be a fair bit older than she looks in order to actually have the qualifications she possesses.

Agent Umaira Zari: 38 during the Poitiers Caper, 40 when arresting VILE, 42 by the end.

Some additional ages:

Nakamura Hideo: 17 when his brother Suhara was born, 36 when his brother disappeared, 63 when his brother returned for good, 65 by the end.

Not an unreasonable age given his looks, I thought.

Carlotta Valdez: 27 when she gave birth to Isabela, 47 when Carmen returned home to her, 49 by the end.

Young but not too long, once again.

Any I missed?

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DC Latino Superheroes Part 1

1. Jaime Reyes aka Blue Beetle - Chicano (Mexican American)

2. Milagro Reyes aka Green Lantern (a popular fandom interpretation) - Chicana (Mexican American)

3. Kyle Rayner aka Green Lantern - biracial; half Irish and half Mexican American

4. Keli Quintela aka Teen Lantern - biracial; Afro-Indigenous Bolivian born

5. Selina Kyle aka Catwoman - biracial; Afro-Cuban American; to explain she has been portrayed by black women multiple times and I believe some comic issues has her state her Cuban heritage. So, I would make her Afro-Cuban with green eyes.

6.  Miguel Jose Barragan aka Bunker - Mexican

7. Mas y Menos - Guatemalan

8. Pedro Pena aka Shazam - Chicano (Mexican American)

9. Jessica Cruz aka Green Lantern - Chicana (Mexican American) and Honduran

10. Renee Montoya aka The Question II - Afro-Dominican American

11. Cisco Ramon aka Vibe - half Colombian and half Puerto Rican American

12. Miguel Devante aka Vulcan - biracial; half white and Latino nationality unknown

13.  Ya'Wara - biracial; Indigenous Brazilian 

14. Maria Mendoza aka Wonder Woman - Peruvian

15. Yara Flor aka Wonder Woman - biracial; Afro-Indigenous Brazilian

16. Lorena Marquez aka Aquagirl - Mexican American

17.  Isabella Ortiz aka Robina - Latina nationality unknown but American born; possibly Afro Latina

18.  Don Fernando Suarez aka El Castigo (The Whip) I - Mexican born

19.  Rodrigo Elwood Gaynor aka El Castigo (The Whip) II - Chicano (Mexican American) 

20.   Shelly Gaynor aka El Castigo (The Whip) III - Chicana (Mexican American); artwork by Phil Cho

21. Eduardo Dorado aka El Dorado - Mexican born; I highly suggest following his incarnation in the animated Young Justice series

22. Bernal Rojas aka Bushmaster - Venezuelan born

23. Uno aka Aztek - biracial; Indigenous Mexican

24.  El Gaucho - real name unknown; Argentinian born

25.  Rosabelle Mendez aka Pantha - Hispanic nationality unknown

26. Pablo Valdez aka El Muerto - Mexican born

27.  Anita Fite aka Empress - biracial; Afro-Haitian

28. Yolanda Montez aka Wildcat - Mexican born

29.  Andrea Rojas aka Acrata - Mexican born

30. Beatriz da Costa aka Fire - Brazilian born

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my Gif set directory

Alice Braga updated 6/30 🤍

Peter Gadiot 🖤

Queen of the South - Teresa Mendoza & James Valdez updated 7/5 👑

Quantum Leap - Tom Westfall

Yellowjackets - Adam Martin

One Piece - Shanks

Eduardo e Mônica - Mônica Quieroz

Hypnotic - Diana Cruz

A Murder at the End of the World - Sian Cruise

Dark Matter - Amanda Lucas updated 6/25 💛

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hullo there, human! i am named basil ^-^ basil dela cruz!

enjoy as you watch me spiral into madness in the author's notes of all my fanfics and (sometimes, but rarely) when i make art :3

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fun facts abt me!:

I have two doggos- one of them shares my online name, basil! the other is the grumpy peanut, my pfp!

i enjoy trials of mana (ive only played the remake, sadly! i want the og, but i wont buy it-)

i have almost all the pjo books

I have a habit of joining fandoms without watching/reading the book/show/movie....

i have a stuffy (plushie) named bitbit :3

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my gender? how kind!:

i'm a female <3

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nationality~:

fully filipino!

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favorite characters (bc i have taste):

game = green

movie/show = blue

book = red

Sokka ;3 (from Avatar: the Last Airbender by Nickelodeon)

Leo Valdez (from Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan

Mikleo (from Tales of Zestiria by Bandai Namco)

Zuko (From Avatar: the Last Airbender)

Percy Jackson (from Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan)

Sorey (From Tales of Zestiria)

Ariadne (From Ariadne by Jennifer Saint)

Telegonus (from circe by madeline miller)

Telemachus (from circe)

Circe (from circe)

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fandoms/communities i'm in:

Percy Jackson

Avatar: the Last Airbender

Tales of Zestiria

Narnia

Greek Mythology in general ig???

does art count-

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ships~:

percabeth

sormik

kataang

zukka

i dont rly ship anyone from narnia sadly (except maybe casmund)

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fic guide!:

PJO fics- (And Greek-myths in general)

dream of me (a fic focused on tv show!poseidon)

you're holding the heart of mine (focused on book!poseidon)

The Oracular Goddess (Agathe lies to be the Oracle, and faces consequences)

Ariadne's Revival (A fic on Ariadne and Dionysus. Short and sweet. Also my first post!)

A:TLA fics-

In The Midnight (fluffy zukka fic)

A Smile I Will Never See (kyoshi warrior!sokka)

A Civil Conversation (a pre-zukka fic)

A Second Chance (Pakku-centric, also includes Kanna!)

In Remembrance of You (kataang angst, takes place during tlok)

Discoveries (That I Panic About) (zukka, ft. confused hakoda (he... takes it well dw :3))

the fire burns so bright (until i cannot hide) part 1 (zukka au ft. actual spirit zuko and firebender sokka)

Dysfunctional Fam(tm)

(I thought it required its own section)-

Chapter 1 - The Start

Chapter 2 - Godly Troubles Galore!

Chapter 3 - Suspicions....

Chapter 3 - The Return of the Star

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!WARNINGS!

I WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY HATE ON THIS BLOG.

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Note:

may make changes to this post ty <3

p.s. i forgot to credit @thatcheeseycandle

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hey! i’ve been getting into the fast and the furious franchise (i love it!) and i was wondering if i could get some fun facts abt your ocs? thank you! (and no need to worry about spoilers!)

oh i have been waiting to talk about these four!! i have a lot to say but i’ll keep to just some shorter facts for now to not make this super longer.

starting with leah, since she’s the oldest and most developed:

leah prefers motorbikes to cars, but when it does come to cars, she’s favourable towards chevys and ford mustangs.

her car colour theme is light blue and sometimes darker purple. same goes for her bikes. she hates red cars; orange is fine though because it's han's colour.

she speaks three languages: english, spanish, and japanese. she learnt spanish in school and then kept on with it after graduating; she learnt japanese since it was always part of her and han’s plan.

leah has a lot of small tattoos and wears a lot of rings. she probably has the most hairstyle changes of every character in f&f across the series.

she likes knives more than guns and carries at least three on her at all times. one of which was used to stab shaw in f8 before she's dragged off by hobbs. she and shaw still don’t get along even after han comes back.

she, rome, and tej are an iconic trio; those boys are her bros. she and dom kind of butt heads often, especially after han’s ‘death’ and especially-especially at the end of f8 when shaw’s at the fam dinner.

han helps ground her, so when he’s gone she’s kind of left hanging with this anger and pain she can’t really express properly. you’d think dom could relate to her in this instance, given his past with letty and fenix; instead it kind of pushes them apart because shaw never ends up dead despite promises. f7+f8 is very hard on leah.

angelo:

angel and ramsey have been besties for years. they worked on god’s eye together. it was ramsey’s baby, but angelo was there to help out.

angelo is more the ‘people person’ than ramsey and has more connections in both the hacking world and the racing world.

his hacker tag is 4ngel0. he was accused of it being ‘not really creative’ but argues back that ramsey’s just using her actual name.

since rome and angelo don’t actually make anything official between them until like the end of f8, angelo does hook-up with little nobody. just once. they still flirt a lil afterwards, but it’s clear between them that it’s just a joke, mainly to tease roman.

i was going to make letty and angel siblings, but the actors’ ethnicities didn’t line up so i scrapped that. they still have big sibling energy though and were neighbours as kids.

angelo is not much of a driver. he grew up in the environment of it with the torettos and letty, but he always had more interest in computers and tech. he and jesse got along really well before angel left town.

santiago:

santiago is a doctor. it’s how he met dante in the first place.

he wasn’t born in rio, but went there to work in his mid-late 20s. he was pretty sad to leave his family since he has 2 younger sisters and a younger brother he loves. he's kept in contact with them, but hasn’t seen them physically in years since being caught up in dante’s business.

santi is one of very few people who isn’t afraid of dante. he was in the beginning, but it’s been a decade, he’s gotten used to dante’s antics.

dante calls santiago ‘lucky’, short for ‘lucky charm’ since santi saved his life back in 2011 (f5).

santi and aimes don't like each other but pretend to get along for dante's sake. they're very short with each other and santi calls aimes 'amy', and aimes makes a lot of 'saint' comments about santiago.

santi is actually a pretty decent driver. not a racer by any means, but he's still pretty good behind the wheel. he's also not afraid to use a gun when needed.

he doesn’t necessarily agree with what dante’s doing, but he can’t really do anything to stop him. once dante has a plan in mind, it's hard to sway him so santi's just staying out of it.

the santi x dante romance is very …. beauty and the beast. it’s a lil on the ‘problematic’ side, but hey there’s gotta be conflict for an interesting story and it’s not real. also dante is ……… dante, obviously nothing is going to be easy with him.

yara:

spreading my ‘cipher is a lesbian’ agenda. evil lesbians get to do crimes actually.

yara used to work for ‘the agency’ under mr nobody. she was on a team with a few other agents, including aimes. she got along with most of the team except for aimes. she'd only briefly met mr nobody and worked closer with his daughter, tess.

she and tess dated briefly for a few months before breaking it off.

it was aimes’ call to abandon her in favour of finishing a mission. it’s going to come back around to bite him in the ass when cipher and the crew turn up and yara kicks aimes’ ass. or just shoots him. she doesn’t care about the fam vs dante nonsense actually.

not that she’d ever openly admit it, but she thinks letty is very hot.

she’s an excellent shot and has a favour for rifles. a lot of the guns on cipher’s jet are actually yara’s.

yara knows nothing about hacking. cipher goes on-and-on and yara just nods.

yara and connor were pretty decent friends; though yara wasn’t quick to trust after being betrayed by her last team. they used to have shooting competitions for fun. it’s a sore spot for yara that cipher went to dom to warn him about dante since dom killed connor and yara's not over it.

yara was the only half-decent one to elena while she was captive, but yara really doesn't like babies that much. she does think it was unfortunate that elena was killed, but hey, 'dom knew the risks'.

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Morbid Minds character's list

(yes even the non important characters are here, everyone is here)

Main cast

Marco "Cruz" Klein-Valdez, born April 15th 2007 in Winchester, Virginia, his family moved back to Grundale, Connecticut in 2012.

He is 5'7, was diagnosed with ADHD at 8 and is bisexual.

Marco can only be described as a troubled teenager, he has anger issues and he's overall seen as weird and creepy for the way he dresses and acts. If you asked him, people are just overreacting and they're the weird one for not trying to be friendly to him, but he's actually not really friendly to anyone.

He gets into fight a lot and has been sent to the principal's office for fights, swearing and wearing inapproriate shirts. Even if he prides himself for not being a like everyone else, he suffers a lot from his loneliness and struggles with self hatred. He's aware that he's being a moron to people but thinks no one would like him anyway, so why bother ?

Marco is also a guy with a bad case of toxic masculinity, as the story goes he learns that crying doesn't make him weak or that his attraction to men isn't a bad thing. His violent demeanor is a direct consequence of that mindset, he also hates his father for making him like this because he was always shamed when expressing any kind of emotion beside anger.

Sadly, he also have a fucked up relationship with sex in a way that makes him sound like a creep most of the time. This part of him is mostly witnessed by Tristan who kind of has to pull him out of his weird habits (and has to suffer everything he has to say regarding this topic)

-his favorite movie is John Wick

-he often tries to make Tristan watch fucked up movies like Cannibal Holocaust

-his favorite anime is Death Note and his favorite manga is Flower of evil

-he doesn't speak tagalog but does speak a bit of german (however he knows swear words in both)

-he had an hyperfixation on WWII in middle school and still has books about it

-his twitter name is "Manic Masturbator 1999"

-his celebrity crush is Keanu Reeves, but he denies it everytime someone brings it up

Marco's playlist

Marco's clothes

Marco's redflag list

Tristan Lambert, born February 23rd 2007 in Grundale, Connecticut.

He is 6'4, was diagnosed autistic at 11 one year after his mother died and is gay.

Tristan is a rather reserved individual who tends to blend in with people despite his height. He has a hard time making friend because he never really understood how to talk to people growing up and also because he spent most of his middle school years having selective mutism and depression.

He had a tendency to forget others can perceive him because he's so used of being a nobody that he doesn't understand why someone would remember him. He would rather ignore the things around him because otherwise it would make him anxious.

When unmasking, Tristan is a lot more talkative and even become more sarcastic. He often pokes fun at Marco especially if he's being openly stupid at something, he's also the only one who is actively smacking his head when Marco says something dumb, also because he knows he has some privileges around Marco that no one will ever have.

-he speaks with a french accent despite being a native english speaker, he also speaks french fluently

-he had a special interest on my little pony as a kid

-had an emo phase in middle school

-his gay awakening is Jeff the Killer when he was around 11-12, but truly it's probably Sunburst from My Little Pony when he was 9

-he's a furry

-he reads a lot of fanfiction and is the one introducing it to Marco

-One of his fictional crush is Eddie Munson from Stranger Things

-his favorite movie is Elephant

-he likes literature and poetry

Tristan's playlist

Tristan's clothes

Joshua "Josh" Roberts, born November 5th 2006 in Grundale, Connecticut.

He is 5'11 and has a older brother named Logan (born 2003) in college.

Josh is part of the popular kids in their grade, he put a lot of effort in making himself likeable and nice looking, he goes along with pretty much anything even if it means being part of bullies. He's not proud of that but since he's not actively being mean to others, he thinks he gets a pass in his behavior.

In reality, Josh is a people pleaser who's scared of being alone, he does things that will make people like him so he'll always be part of a group. He wants to fit in so badly he'd rather represses what makes him weird in order to be with people he doesn't like than being himself and living hs own life. That would eventually lead him to identity crisis because he doesn't actually know who he is truly.

Despite him never publically making fun of people, he found himself clashing with Marco outside of school because he's envious of the fact that Marco is unapologetically being himself. He doesn't understand why the weird guy can openly say he hates everyone without fearing the consequences of his actions.

-he enjoys 80s mainstream music but would rather listen to what's popular on the radio at the moment

-he has guns in his bedroom's closet and his father is pro gun

-he frequently sleeps around when drunk and parties a lot

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Josh's playlist

Josh's clothes

Tyler Giesler, born January 1st 2007 in Sante Fe, Texas. His family moved to Grundale, Connecticut in 2021, right before he started high school.

He is 6'2, is autistic and has two younger sister : Lucille who is non verbal (7, born 2015) and Miley (1, born 2021)

Tyler is a pretty monotone and inexpressive guy, he doesn't talk that much unless people talk to him first. He's also pretty blunt and always says what's on his mind without taking into account people's feeling or the context.

He has an extensive knowledge about human psychology and tends to observe people, with that he knows a lot about others without having to talk to them and remembers a lot about them. He struggles with empathy and uses this knowledge as a way to counter his lack of empathy, recognising when people are sad or upset even if he doesn't necessarily understand why they would feel this way. He's pretty disconected with his own feelings too and often forgets to eat or to do basics task because he doesn't feel the need to do them.

This is why when he interacts with more people, he found himself acting as the main character of his own life who has to experience himself the things he previously thought were interesting to observe in others.

-He likes to make explosives and to build things

-He's been friend with Carmen since they were 8 and she was his only friend until he met Josh

-He has a southern accent only noticeable when he starts unmasking

-he's an artist and draws a lot in his free time

-his room is in the garage of his family house

-he's pretty open about everything he does even if it's not appropriate, he would probably change in front of Carmen for example

-Carmen is the first person he texts every morning, often calling her before school and after

Tyler's playlist

Tyler's clothes

Secondary Characters

Klara "KKK" Klein, born September 11th 2008 in Newtown, Connecticut. She is Marco's cousin. She's 5'4, her father is Franz Klein who is the younger brother of Bernhard, Marco's father.

She's Marco number one hater as they were both forced of seeing each others during family gathering but they also were in the same middle school and now the same high school. They both have very strong personalities that keep clashing. In the end, they don't actually hate each others, she just thinks Marco should stop being a creep.

She's annoyed by a lot of things and doesn't seem to like much beside her friends and sports. If she's completely honest with herself, she's just scared of being judged by people and comes off as loud so people see her as confident.

-Marco nicknamed her "KKK" because her full name is Klara Kate Klein.

-she plays tennis

-she likes Taylor Swift

Klara's playlist

Klara's clothes

Kipley "Kip Seven" Mercado, born July 10th 2008 in Grundale, Connecticut. He's non binary and uses he/they, he also has a younger sister (10, born 2012) He's 5'1.

Kip is a self proclaimed agent of chaos, a kid who spent too much time on the internet but who couldn't be bothered by what people think of him. He's very clingy and when someone talks to him, he thinks that means they're friends and will probably follow them everywhere. He tends to be overly dramatic and theatrical, being pretty obviously a theater kids.

He's always friendly to people even if he knows he's annoying. People makes fun of him of his cringe behavior and crazy scene or colorful outfit.

-he likes early 2000s internet aesthetics

-he used to be known as the "cat girl" in middle school

-will scream in the hallways, this is a threat

-has a lot of strange earrings

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Kip's playlist

Kip's clothes

Carmen Diaz, born in 2007 in Santa Fe, Texas from an afro-mexican family. She is Tyler's best friend. She's 5'7.

Carmen is the opposite of Tyler, she's talkative and speak her mind freely, often mocking people around her and teasing them. She has friends outside of Tyler but stuck with him most of their time together because he was funnier to hang out with due to his strange behaviors. She always tries to find a way to make him react and but always fails because he's used to her being annoying.

-she was the one who wanted to try making something crazy (bombs) and it became a normal things for her and Tyler to do in their free time

-they used to sleep in the same bed during sleepovers

-she doesn't sleep much

-she knows too much about Tyler because he tends not to hide anything from her so she also tries to be as open about her life as he is with his

David Ostrovski, born in 2007 in New Haven, Connecticut. He has two mothers and was adopted, he's 5'9.

David is the extraverted nerd everybody knows about, he's smart and likes to be in charge of a lot of things which leads him to be the unofficial class representative of his grade.

-he's a speedrunner

-he's in the chess club with Tyler

-he was a boy scout

-he has ADHD

Ariane Faust, born in 2007 in Anchorage, Alaska. She's 6'1, she's also a trans girl.

Ariane moves to Connecticut in her sophomore year of high school and quickly meets David. She's a pretty calm girl who doesn't like raising her voice too much.

Brian Duncan, born in 2007 in Grundale, Connecticut. He has an older sister.

Brian is a friend of Josh and one of the popular guys, he's obnoxious and loud, not very smart but tends to still care about his friends. He's the main bully of Marco and later Tristan, but most importantly, the one behind the nickname "Cruz" that the whole school uses to talk about Marco.

Mason Smith, born 2007 in Connecticut.

One of Josh's friend, well it's complicated sometimes, he's a jock and one of the main bully along with Brian.

Kevin Nong, born in 2007 in New Jersey.

Usually follow Mason and Brian because he wants to be with the cool guys and get all the advantages of being with them. Flirts with Kelly and is a rival of Josh. Mostly target Tristan in his bullying and calls him the r-word.

Kelly Mcgee, born in 2007 in New Jersey.

She's Josh friend, well, girlfriend, well no that's still not it, situationship ? sex friend ? Even he doesn't know.

Courtney Garcia, born in 2007 in Grundale, Connecticut.

Friend of Kelly, flirts with Mason.

Maria Venturi, born in 2007 in Grundale, Connecticut. She was Marco's crush from childhood throughout middle school up until 8th grade. She's also the daughter of a neighbord's friend of Dalisay.

She was one of Marco's rare friends before high school, she stopped being friend with him around 8th grade because of how weird he was and because she didn't want people to get the wrong idea about them. He didn't took it well, flipped her off and told her he'd jerk off to her anyway (he regretted it like imediately after saying it but it was too late lol)

They meet again in their sophomore year, he tries to make peace with her with a handshake that she refused for obvious reasons. They do start speaking to each other again despite all that.

Richard "Rich" Brown, born in 2007 in Grundale, Connecticut.

Richard is in the same grade as everyone else, known loser and weeb, Brian calls him "Sticky hands" for various reasons but the most notable one is because he allegedly jerked it in class one day but keeps denying everything.

Families

Dalisay Valdez, born in 1974 in the Philippines, her family moved to the US in the state if California in 1989 when she was 15. She's 5'1 and has two younger brothers.

Dalisay would like to describe herself as a simple woman living a pretty normal life, she's an active member of the church in her neighborhood and is friendly towards everyone she meets.

Unfortunately, she is Marco's mother and her good image is forever linked with all the stupid things he does. She was always ready to face everything God would put in her way, especially with having to deal with a teenage boy, but she wasn't ready for this.

As an heavy catholic, Dalisay has to try to understand her troubled son who doesn't seem to be reasoned with so she has to pretend she doesn't see his hentais under his bed.

She is part of a mother of troubled teen support group were she often clashes with a woman called Becky. The more you know about Dalisay, the more you understand where Marco's temperament is from. Despite all of her best attempts, Dalisay has a lot of repressed anger that she's ashamed of, her whole life is a disapointement to her own mother and she was never enough.

Bernhard Klein, born in 1968 in West Germany (American occupation zone), his family moved to the US in 1974 when he was 6. He's 5'9 and has one younger brother (Franz Klein, born 1974) and one younger sister (Amelia Klein, born 1980)

Bernhard is not that much present in the story, as he is also not present in his own son's life despite living in the same house.

He's behind most of Marco's traumatic experience and toxic masculinity. He's a stoic man who was in the army, and never tried to connect with his son and if he did when he was a child, Marco would always mysteriously come back with a broken wrist.

Michael Lambert, born in 1982 in France, his family moved to the US in the state of Idaho in 1994 when he was 12. He is Tristan's father.

Michael was always a awkward man growing up, he never thought that being a single father would be so confusing.

For some reason, despite him not knowing anything, he still has the best relationship with his son out of every parents of the story. He simply tries his best and tries to be there for Tristan, often doing activities together like cooking, watching horror movies and going camping.

Jane "James" Anderson, born in 1983 in Idaho. She is Tristan's mother and died by suicide in 2017 at 34 when Tristan was 10.

Jane was always the oddball, her and Michael met in high school and were high school sweethearts. She was mostly known for her unpredictable personnality and somewhat reckless behavior during high school and then struggled a lot finding her place in an adult world. The world is mean to people who are different, and she couldn't handle it. Childbirth had been imbearable, she wanted to love her son the way every mother did, but she couldn't find the motherly side of her, everything just hurt instead.

Tristan remembers his mother fondly. Jane always tried to be there and would talk to him as if he was an adult, she used to call him "little stickbug".

Tristan often wondered if she was autistic just like him, and if she knew she wouldn't have felt so lost all her life.

Franz Klein, born in 1974, he's Bernhard and Amalia's brother and the father of Klara.

Amalia Klein, born in 1980, she's Bernhard and Franz younger sister and Klara and Marco's aunt. She has a son.

Scott Roberts, born in 1980, he's Josh and Logan's father.

Logan Roberts, born in 2003, he's Josh's older brother and is in college. He cut off his family.

Murry Giesler, born in 1976, he's Tyler's father.

Adelaide "Addie" Hart, born in 1988, she's Tyler's mother.

Lucille Giesler, born in 2015, she's Tyler's younger sister who's non verbal autistic.

Miley Giesler, born in 2021, she's Tyler's younger sister.