#also if you know me from the daily basil. you recognize the outfit. it's the ''im gay for this character'' outfit. thanks

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For the record the goal here was specifically "God Janus, any God, inhumanly pretty, could-kill-you-with-a-look Janus"

I can't believe this is the first detailed Janus I draw and it's a glaringly obvious symptom of "obsessing over a character so much it barely looks like the original anymore" syndrome

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hazel mckenna char. dev.

ORIGINS & FAMILY:

Name: hazel rainbow mckenna

Nickname: mack is acceptable.

Birthday: june 19

Age: twenty three

Gender: female

Place of birth: sedona, az

Places lived since: talent, or; evanston, il; chicago, il

Parents: burke mckenna, truck driver, 44; summer mckenna, medical transcriptionist, 42

Siblings: amaryllis, 21; rowan, 19; poppy, 16; sunny, 13; magnolia, 11; jasper, 9; juniper, 6; huck, 4; olive, eighteen months 

Relationship with family: hazel will be the first to call her family weird - who the eff has ten kids anymore??? - and misplaced hippies but they're her weird misplaced hippies and no one calls them that but her. she'll go to the mat for her siblings any day of the week, even olive who doesn't really care. she's especially close to her aunt sadie, an opera singer with the lyric, who she lives with because she makes jackshit as a cub reporter.

Children of his own?: nooooooo. she's not even sure she wants them in case she turns out to be fertile as a rabbit like her mother.

PHYSICAL

Height: 5'4

Build: teeny

Complexion: fair

Distinguishing features: big bambi eyes

Hair color: brown

Usual hair style: wavy lob

Eye color: blue

Glasses? Contacts?: reading glasses

Style of dress/typical outfit(s): black pencil skirt/skinny pants, white silk blouse, cardigan/sweater in her big bag. out the door in twenty. 

Typical style of shoes: heels on her feet, flats in the big bag.

Health: healthy as a horse

Grooming: well groomed always. you never know who you're going to meet and it would be a damn shame to meet someone important and look like a gutter troll.

Jewelry? Tattoos? Piercings?: pierced ears, a rose gold band on her right ring finger always, no tattoos.

Accent?: nah

Unique mannerisms/physical habits: she can be a little awkward in her movements and she’s sort of all elbows and knees. clumsy. hazel is clumsy.

Athletic?: no.

INTELLECT

Level of education: ba in journliasm from northwestern

Level of self esteem: good!

Gifts/talents: even though she's picked a dying media, hazel is a gifted reporter and tenacious as all hell. once her ears prick on a story, they don't go down until it's cut and printed and she's the same about everything in her life. she's organized and ambitious and knows exactly what she wants in life and she's not afraid to go after it.

Shortcomings: hazel is a steam roller and has had a stick up her ass since 2008.

Style of speech: clear and brisk - she doesn't mince words.

Artistic?: i'm saying writing counts so yes.

Mathematical?: ish.

Makes decisions based mostly on emotions, or on logic?: logic

Neuroses: none that she recognizes as such 

Religious stance: atheist

Cautious or daring?: daring

Most sensitive about/vulnerable to: nah

Optimist or pessimist?: realistic

Extrovert or introvert?: extrovert

Level of comfort with technology: damn good

RELATIONSHIPS

Current marital/relationship status: single

Sexual orientation: heterosexual

Past relationships: not...really? a few hookups here and there in college but nothing truly notable. she's always been too busy.

Most comfortable around: her aunt, probably.

Oldest friend: HAHAHAH

How does he think others perceive him?: a pain in the ass, probably.

How do others actually perceive him?: a pain in the ass with potential

VOCATION

Profession: cub reporter, chicago tribune

Past occupations: freelance journalist, editorial assistant, intern

Attitude towards current job: she pinches herself every morning that she got her dream job fresh out of school. but also wishes she made enough that she could get her own place AND afford the shoes she wants and deserves. she also wishes they'd stop giving her sports stories because wowowowowowow

Attitude towards current coworkers, bosses, employees: STOP GIVING HER SPORTS STORIES!

SECRETS

Dreams: get dat pulitzer

Greatest fears: being buried alive

Hobbies: that implies free time which she does not have. nah, if she's got free time she likes to go see her aunt perform (she hates opera but loves sadie), work on long form articles for pitches, and bullet journal.

Past sexual transgressions: nah

Crimes committed: nah

What she most wants to change about her current life: go away reese no don't less sports stories, more meaty ones. she knows she has to pay her dues but [whines]

What she most wants to change about her physical appearance: she wishes she were 900% less clumsy

DETAILS/QUIRKS

Daily routine: up, work, work, work, work, lurch home, pass out. she forgets to eat a lot.

Night owl or early bird?: night owl

Light or heavy sleeper?: like the dead

Favorite food: cheese fries

Favorite book: from the mixed up files of mrs. basil e. frankweiler

Favorite movie: all the president's men

Favorite song: "send me on my way” by rusted root

Coffee or tea?: red bull

Type of car he drives: god no

Lefty or righty?: right

Favorite color: pink

Cusser?: a bit but not to excess

Smoker? Drinker? Drug user?: no/sometimes/no

Pets?: nope