#amsterdam.intro

[olliefontaine-blog]

hi!!!! i’m twisted (she/her), and this dork is ollie, who you will find more information about under the read more. feel free to message me for plots/connections/etc!!

here’s some plot points about my Boy:

he loves music.  will talk your ear off about it, if you give him the chance.  he was classically trained as a pianist when he was younger, and he still plays, but he finds himself more drawn to electric guitar these days.

the fontaine family comes from old money.  ollie was raised to follow proper social etiquette, but that doesn’t mean he’s good at it.

he uses said old money to live, more or less.  he makes money performing, of course, but he wouldn’t be able to get by with his current lifestyle without a little help from his trust fund.

smokes like a mf chimney.  mostly cigs, but he’s definitely not apposed to pot, either.

he’s not apposed to most party drugs, for that matter.

can usually be found at some sort of concert venue, or else a bar, or else a house party.

he loves love, but he’s shit at it.  he thrives on feelings of new romance, but rarely follows it to the stages of an actual relationship.  mostly he just tries to make out with everyone.

would probably do anything for the ~aesthetic~.  for example, wearing the same leather jacket everywhere, or buying fresh roses just to decorate his apartment with, or color-coordinating his outfit to look good with whatever guitar he’s performing with but trying to make it look accidental.

he’s a cat person.  he doesn’t have a cat, but that doesn’t stop him from keeping extra cat food in his apartment for the sole purpose of feeding the strays.

he’s a dumb idiot

needs to grow up but probably won’t

this gif:

[aetherals-blog]

hey everyone! i’m mimi and this here is my bb autumn. i’m looking forward to interacting with you all and i can’t wait to get some plots and threads going! autumn’s bio is up here for you all to read, but don’t worry, i’m a lazy bum too so i got a tl;dr down below.

autumn’s parents are super strict and overbearing, which was why she stuck to their plan of becoming a lawyer for so many years. 

she’s korean-american, speaks both fluently, and she studied dutch and spanish in college so she’s conversationally fluent in those too

she got her B.A. in political cciences at UCLA, where she also went on to finish law school there too. during that time she also studied abroad in amsterdam for a year (which is when she fell in love with the city and realized she couldn’t continue living her parents’ dreams)

her hobbies include photography (behind the camera, but sometimes in front of it too), playing the guitar (if she has time between jobs, you might find her playing on the streets), sketching at the cafe she works at, and pretty much anything else to pass the time

she’s pretty chill, really nice, does her best to see things from both sides (#lawyered) but also is very  much a realist

she lives alone in her 1 bedroom apartment and has been in amsterdam for about 3 months now, making a living off freelance work and as a barista too

unsure if she’ll stay here forever, she’s enjoying the freedom of finally being able to just live for herself and not having to please her parents

she runs a photography blog to share her work, and she keeps minimal contact with her parents (she hasn’t gotten the feeling that they’re okay with her throwing everything away just yet)

potential connections (these are just a few basic ideas but i’m up for almost anything)

regular customers (they come by the cafe a lot and there’s always a little bit of banter between them)

clients (someone(s) that have seen her camera work and have hired her to do some for them every now and then for say events, personal usage, etc)

friends (just befriend her. we can plot out their background a little or explore it together! challenge her, make fun of her, depend on her– whatever your muse needs)

frienemies (because not everyone gets along, so why not butt heads every now and then?)

flirtationships (charm her and make her giggle. give me a laugh outta it too)

exes (maybe they met during her year  when she studied abroad, maybe they both coincidentally ended up here without knowing it and ran into each other)

anything else! (if you have any ideas please go right ahead and tell me because most of the time, i’ll be up for it)

[aleidcs-blog]

     hi bbys!! i woke up to seeing my follow post which is fab bc that means i have a few minutes before walking to work to post my intro ey!!  so ANYWAYS, i’m cel, twenty ( it’s only been 8 days but that’s still strange to say like im not a teen anymore wtf ) and function in eastern time!! i’ve only been in amsterdam like twice on connecting flights lmao but it’s so beautiful honestly so i’m hyped to be here idk?? so yeah here’s a lil on aleida until i get my shit together & make a stats page. 

001 ; aleida was an only child in the sense that her parents kinda both nope’d out of her life and was taken care of by her grandparents. so she grew up close to her cousins but never really felt like she had that proper upbringing. 

002 ; forced to grow up way faster than she meant to. she was always good in school, graduating early and all that good stuff. she dreamed of majoring in english or some foreign language and becoming a writer / editor, but gave that up when she got pregnant for something more ‘practical’. 

003 ; she takes care of herself and her kid religiously ok. there’s the level of ‘oh i can go for walks once a week’ and then there’s aleida’s ‘i’m eating kale for dessert’ level. reads mom books and watches shit like the secret on the daily it’s gross.

004 ; softer than wool ok this binch is way too fucking optimistic for her own good and it makes her come across as naive half the time. she doesn’t gaf tho she’s just like fanning away you pessimists with her lavender incense.

005 ; used to be a hopeless romantic but lmao look at where that got her. for the most she’s just v independent ( or tries to be and screws up a lot ) and tends to push people away if she finds herself too reliant.

and i gotta go now but hmu for plots yea?? i’d love to get some friendship plots like friends who are basically forced to like each other, bffs who sit around her patio sipping lemonade in the afternoon, enemies who actually have a lot in common and enjoy their company but would never admit it for whatever reason, estranged family and iDK i can come up w smth on the spot tbh just find me.

[gemma-vander-laan-blog]

Gemma Vander Laan

Gemma Vander Laan | Old West | Rijksmuseum Media director | 25 | Groningen/Urk | lived in Amsterdam 3 years | flaky/dedicated | Workaholic

Lived with her single mother in Groningen, but her mother traveled for work so she spent months at a time living with her aunt in Urk

She considers Groningen home, but Urk is her favorite place in the world

Her mother worked for museums, traveling with exhibits and curating new pieces. Gemma grew up around art.

Gemma did not inherit her mothers talent for traditional art. She always preferred to be behind a camera.

Gemma went to University in Groningen and studied art history and media marketing.

Gemma took an internship right out of Uni and moved to Amsterdam.

3 years later and she’s a full member of the Rijksmuseum social media team. She is the manager of the Rijksmuseum Instagram.

She loves her job and works very hard.

Until recently she’s needed two jobs to pay for the cost of living, she’s worked at the Van Gogh hostel since moving to Amsterdam. She hasn’t let go of the job and still cleans for them on the weekends.

That’s all I have on her so far. Please come plot with me!

[extraordinaryrory-blog]

INTRODUCTIONS: hello! i’m your friendly neighbourhood lucy, and this beautiful small bean is rory. in case you can’t tell, i suck at introducing myself, but i am going to try my diddly-darn best. click under the cut to hear me ramble some more, so i don’t jumble your dash with my 1am coffee fuelled zeal. i’ll probably pass out after this, but shoot me a message; i’ll hopefully get to replying to some starters in the morning !

so, you’ve made it this far! as i’ve probably said like three times already, i’m lucy, gmt (fun factoid: ireland, so basically britain but rainier), and i go by she/her pronouns. i’m also small & need friends ok. but enough about me, and more about the love of my life, rory aldridge.

her name is actually aurora, but she’s sick of being a sleeping beauty (”i’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD”), so she’ll literally go by any other name.

originally born in germany (berlin), she had a sweet gig going on. she’s the youngest out of three triplets, and she loves her brothers w/all of her little heart and soul.

her mom is german (hence the slightly strange brothers-grimm name), but her dad is actually from the u.s, so she’s fluent in both languages.  

things were chill until rory was about seven. they discovered that she was a pretty sick kid, and not in a cool way. she was born with a pretty severe congenital heart defect, pulmonary stenosis, and was in and out of hospital all the time. they only discovered it late, and she had to undergo open heart surgery to try and fix it. it left a pretty nasty scar, and it’s one of the only things she’s still super self-conscious about. even now, she’s still in and out of hospital pretty often, as they check to make sure the leakage in her heart isn’t getting too severe. 

so, yep, she’s lived in germany all her life; that is, until the thought of university rolled around. amsterdam was a roll of the dice; she wishes she had some big, monumental reason for it, but she doesn’t. however, a dream of being a tourist in her own life and plunging herself out of the comfortable normality of berlin was enough to get her started. between her slightly rusted red bicycle, cozy flat in east and her college classes, she’s pretty happy with the whole ‘close your eyes and point’ choice that led her here.  

she’s usually the bohemian, easy-going one, and she’s very reluctant to talk about anything remotely negative in her life, though will gladly listen to others complain. she suffers from pretty bad anxiety attacks, and she’s lucky they’re relatively infrequent, if incredibly intolerable when they do happen. this & her heart defect are really the only aspects of her she tries to hide; she wholeheartedly believes it makes her “screwed up”, and is too ashamed to mention it to anyone.

my lil bean is a kool kid B) tho. the whole heart ordeal only solidified her “carpe diem screw the government” attitude, and she’s a big believer in seizing the day. from animal rights protests to 3am ice cream under the stars, rory tries to make the most of the life she's got, painfully aware there's always a chance that hers will be shorter than she hoped. she can be a little reckless, and a little bit too impulsive sometimes, but she does try to be kind to everyone and has a rlly good heart (the irony) underneath the snark and humour.

AND IF U MADE IT THIS FAR, I SALUTE YOU. i tried to bold the important parts for tl;dr but i’m a bit of a rambling mess. i’m always a mess™ for connections, so hit me up with anything — everything works! 

feel free to shoot me an IM, i am filled with love & bad puns to share. if not, just like this post & i will bring my messy typing and hard-to-understand slang to ur inbox 

[camilavxsquez-blog]

was that eiza gonzalez out in bos & lomer ? nevermind, it was just that cis female bartender — camila vásquez. she is twenty-six, and though she is originally from cozumel, she has been in amsterdam for seven years. i heard she is aggressive, but she seems versatile to me, so it makes sense people call her the vixen.

camila was born and raised to a traditional household in cozumel, meixco

she is the middle child in a family of five girls

she lost her father in a work related accident when she was seven and her mother had never worked a day in her life so providing for her and her sisters was a constant struggle

she always pushed cami and her sisters to have kids young which kinda scared her and put her off on the idea of starting a family of her own

however, she started to change those thoughts when she met a guy named miguel at the age of sixteen

she moved in with him when she turned seventeen and that’s when the relationship turned abusive, it took her two years and one miscarriage to escape from the relationship

she tried to explain to her mother the situation but she didn’t want to listen and urged her to return to her ex, so feeling like she had nowhere to go she packed her belongings and skipped town

she took off to amsterdam and bought a one way ticket with no intentions of returning to the small coastal island, but deep down she still feels bad for leaving behind her sisters

she’s tried making contact with them on multiple occasions but remains unsuccessful

camila still has nightmares about the violent fights she would get into with miguel and those events were something that turned her into the free thinking independent woman she is now, she’s the kind of girl who takes no one’s bullshit

she’s been working the same bartending job but is interested in branching off into the law enforcement area

[petropovlos-blog]

— ┊ ❛ INTRODUCING NIKOLAS PETROPOULOS

a’right here goes nothing. 

hi y’all i’m damla and this is my bby nikolas. 

PAST

nikolas is from athens, greece and he comes from a sailor family. his father owns a fishing business and exports local fish to nordic countries. ever since he was a child, he has always felt the weight of his family legacy on his shoulders but it has never been a burden to him until he graduated high school, when he realised that he didn’t want to follow in his father’s footsteps and that sculpting, to him, was more than just a hobby. of course his father was not happy with his son’s decision but eventually he agreed to send him to GSA. 

while he was studying in glasgow, he had plenty of time to travel and explore different cultures. during his stay in amsterdam in his senior year, he met an art gallery owner, who, after seeing some of nikolas’ work, absolutely fell in love with his style and offered to host his first exhibition in her art gallery after his graduation. 

as soon as he graduated, he flew to amsterdam for his first exhibition as a professional sculptor and before he even knew it, he was looking for an apartment to stay in amsterdam permanently. 

FACTS

nikolas is a very private person. he’s usually cold and distant but it’s not because he doesn’t enjoy socialising. his art is his whole life and more often that not, it gets in the way of his social life. he’s very passionate about what he’s doing and his passion for sculpture always busies his mind, pulling him away from reality most of the time.

he cares for, probably like three people lmao.

he’s an art hoe. 

he hates social media. 

he’s also very interested in painting but he’s not really good at it tbh but he knows all about art history. what a nerd.

i guess that’s it ??? if you want to plot please let me know. i love plotting. byeeeeeee.

STATS | WANTED CONNECTIONS

[attijay-blog1]

     { hey there my fellow lovlies! my name  is chelsea and i’m so sorry for posting        this little thing so late. last night when i  got  the  acceptance  it  was  just  a        pretty rough night; the cat was screaming && i had like two presentations to        prepare and 2 more essays to write and  one  report  so  like  ye-- college is        knockin’ the wind outta me. enough of my rambling, i’ll get to the point!! my        activity’s gonna be sparse until the 15th or 16th of may  cause  thats  when        hell’s  over!!   oh !!   and  i’m currently 19 going on 20 and am in the gmt+8        timezone. anyway, i know what yall are waiting for, so                    HERE’S A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF ATTICUS THEODORE JAMES }

he was born on the fourteenth of december, in the middle of a hot flash during the winter. his parents should’ve known it was a sign. their little boy was gonna grow up against the current of the world.

he was ten when his parents split. his parents got joint custody until he was thirteen.

his pap passed in a car accident when he was thirteen. 

his mother lost her job when he was thirteen.

he grew up against all odds, from the prejudice he gets because of the colour of his skin to the crap he had to face for being less. poor. doors slammed in his face left and right, from school opportunities to career ones, from getting a doughnut or getting a friend. 

but he grew up against it all anyway. left him a little bitter towards society & the system that was made to be rigged against him and those like him. 

he learnt to adapt, to become tougher and to take no shit from nobody. 

in other words, to stand his ground and stay rooted in what he believed in or he’d be swept away by the undercurrents of everything that was meant to weed him out of society. 

when given the opportunity to learn to fly, he took it. a father of a friend found atticus fascinating -- and in turn, gave him a chance to learn something he wanted. something practical, useful, good for him. flying didn’t make sense at first. 

but after getting his bachelors in engineering at ucl on scholarship (and countless of comments like ‘you only got in to meet race quota’ or ‘its so rare to see guys like you here’), he found his way into the books of commercial airlines. 

british airways at first after graduation, now he’s with KLM. 

he’s forever indebted to the man who took a chance on him when the no one in the world would. 

[elisehwcng-blog]

hey everyone !! my name is jules and i’m so excited to rp with you all! i’m 19, dying from boredom bc summer break without your friends close by fucking s u c k s ( not to mention everyone around here is a snake.. loves to live here as you can see ) and i’m a mcdonald’s frappé addict, like they’re the way to my heart js. anyways, here’s a bit of info on an actual pain in my ass, elise! ( tw: sexual assault, ptsd, knives ) :

MEET ELISE CATHERINE HWANG

born on march 13, 1997

the daughter of first generation korean-canadians

her parents gave her a korean name as well to appease their own parents

which is hwang min-ji

scarborough, ontario born and raised and the eldest of two kids

she doesn’t care intensely for a lot of people, but she fucking adores her little bro

the most stubborn chick alive, will never admit she’s wrong unless you weasel it out of her with some heavy guilt-tripping

a true instagram addict, which makes sense bc she can be p vain at times

rather intuitive tbh

has a problem with trusting others, feels like she can only truly rely on herself so if you break through that barrier then congrats ig

she won’t make it obvious though, she’s a sociable being and will actually take to you if you pique her interest with free booze or a wild story

just don’t expect her to surrender much of her life story, but she’ll also get a bit offended if you don’t offer a bit of your own ?? 

the most annoying internalizer of emotions ever if you’re actually friends with her, 110% will not confide in you if you’re not one of four people in her life

still working on other minor elements of her personality, but i’ll add it after i post this if it comes to mind within the half hour after !

now to her actual background

she lived in a divisive household when it came to tradition

her parents did a lot of things to satisfy their parents but didn’t enforce their kids to do the same with them

mostly just told them to go along with them whenever their halmaes and halbaes were around

ex: not being very religious but attending church regardless

so elise grew up a little less restricted than they had long story short

her parents both have careers in science, her mom’s a pharmacist at her parents’ small clinic and her dad’s a microbiologist, so financially, her family does p well ( upper-middle class for the region )

she wasn’t the best at making friends in her early years and when she did, they didn’t stick around for long

one of the pros of living in the gta being there were a ton of kids around so it wasn’t all in vain

also her vanity when she was a kid was prob a turn off for the other kids lol

smart af

like english? a’s

math? a’s

french? a+

even though she isn’t confirmed fluent, hasn’t bothered to go through with that just yet

as she got older, she became better at making friends and soon had a small group of like-minded individuals around her

almost got valedictorian when she graduated, her and another dude were separated by .3% and that had her fuming tbh

if you milk it out of her, prepare yourself for one of her rants about her three ap courses/credits to her name going to waste.. she won’t hold back

decided to go to u of a bc it was a chance to a) study abroad, b) be even more unrestricted, aka fuck up her liver and not get in deep shit for it, and c) to just live in a less bustling area than gta

besides she’s a major history hoe and amsterdam is f u l l of it

tw: sexual assault, so in her first year of uni, she went out with a few friends and her girlfriend at the time and got approached by a dude she’d only shut down

he got aggressive and ended up being kicked out of the club, and while elise tried to put it behind her, she couldn’t enjoy herself so she went back to the dorms early

once she got back, she went into the elevator to get to her floor and lo and behold, the dude followed her back and now had her up against a panel. didn’t realize she basically let him into the dorm

had a knife to her neck while he assaulted her and was hysterical

was smart enough to call the duty phone and p much gave away where they’d be going 

so she was relieved when an ra was on the other side of the door when it got to her floor, but that didn’t stay for long bc of what had just happened

recounting it, having to go to the hospital for her injuries, that entire night had her shaken and bawling

wouldn’t leave her room for two weeks after that

her grades slipped a little, at least until the situation was explained and she could make up for it

she found it hard to sleep some nights, to eat, and the furthest she’d leave her room would be to go to the nearby vending machine in daylight

slowly, she moved on from it, not fully but enough to soon return to lectures, go shopping, etc

she still has nightmares of the ordeal, sometimes gets into defensive mode if someone grabs her arm a certain way, and goes into a fight or flight response if she sees someone wearing something similar to what he had that night

she doesn’t make it too apparent around most people, or rather she tries to

that aside, she’s been keeping up with school and her social life is about where it was before her assault, which she is more than thankful for, even if she’ll always be a bit paranoid or cautious about it

majoring in physics.. gl to her lmao

as i said before, she speaks french, is fluent in korean and is learning dutch

loves languages so she isn’t rly complaining

memes are the way to her heart

well, memes and quesadillas/paninis/poutine

just food in general but to do right by her, you gotta go for one of the big three in her eyes

secret sci fi junkie

here for aesthetically pleasing everything

but will shove that aside for some hella loud rock music

her room is almost never in disorder, oddly enough

will talk your ear off about the latest nasa discovery if she pleases

quite the party girl, but rly lets loose in an environment that she knows she’s safe — and will be taken care of — in

basically you won’t know rly who she is from one day to the next, the personification of a wild ride

i think that’s about it ?? anyways, if you’d like to plot, just hmu or like this and i’ll come to you! i have a few plot ideas here if you’d like to check that out beforehand though !!