#beverly torrance. / intro

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(Sarah Gadon) THE BIBLIOPHILE. Please welcome BEVERLY TORRANCE  (SHE/HER) to Huntsville, WV. They are a 32-year-old VISITOR who lives in TOWN. You may see them around working as a ENGLISH/HISTORY TEACHER AT HUNTSVILLE HIGH. Poor unfortunate soul. We’ll see if they survive.

( *tw - religious trauma, parental abuse, emotional/physical abuse mention )

GENERAL

FULL NAME: Beverly Elise Torrance NICKNAMES: Bev, Bevy, Bevs, Miss Beverly, Eve, Evs AGE: 32 years old DATE OF BIRTH: September 13th SEXUALITY: Straight(?) Bisexual STATUS: Gatherer

APPEARANCE

HEIGHT: 5′ 4″ HAIR: Blonde EYE COLOR: Blue

BACKGROUND

HOMETOWN: Saint George, Utah INCOME STATUS: Upper Class (previous) FATHER: John Torrance MOTHER: Judith Torrance SIBLINGS: Gideon Torrance ( younger ), Arthur Torrance ( younger ), Elizabeth Torrance ( younger ) SIGNIFICANT OTHER: N/A HOBBIES: Reading, writing, collecting antique novels, fashion, hiking, bird watching

TRAITS

[+] Affable, Imaginative, Sociable [-] Weak-willed, Worrisome, Hesitant

STORY POINTS

Bev grew up in a small town outside Saint George. She’s a small-town girl at heart but her dreams were always larger than that. 

She wanted to explore and see the world -- be in the same places that her favorite authors always wrote. Because of this, she frequently found herself exploring her town and neighboring for new secret spots.

Her family was well off, she was always taken care of and so were her siblings. The only thing was that they were also highly religious and frequently took them all to church.

They were strict on her when it came to any relationship. It got to the point of detriment when she began to find any interest in boys. She was never a very shy girl and loved to spend time with people, but her parents always assumed the worst.

It grew to a head when they forced her to date an older boy from their church rather than anyone else she had taken an interest in. He had proposed after about 5 months and they stayed that way for quite some time. It was in this relationship that she was emotionally / physically abused.

The final straw came when she caught him cheating on her. The second it happened, she left everything and went to a college far, far, away from Saint George. She would often write to her siblings, but she never spoke to her parents again. They tried to call, but only ever filled up her inbox.

Her passion for writing and reading only grew. She found herself double majoring in Education and English with a passion for becoming a teacher. Her parents were no longer supporting her, so it was a long and difficult route, but when she found herself finally at graduation, it was a beautiful experience. She didn’t need anyone else. She had herself.

However, she frequently overly criticized herself. She didn’t think anything she did was any better than anything anyone else could do. It was hard. It took the help of a friend in college for her to realize how good she actually was when it came to writing and possibly teaching English.

When it was all finished and she had finally become what she always dreamed of, she searched for something familiar and eventually stumbled upon Huntsville in 2017. By then, she had a passion for teaching and experience-- so she had a great feeling about starting here... Now, she's just constantly searching for ways to keep her students safe.

WANTED CONNECTIONS

1. Siblings: Perhaps they also wanted a chance at getting away from their parents and wanted to find Beverly. She wrote and called them frequently, so their relationship would've been close before the contact suddenly stopped, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t feel abandoned by her and didn’t know why she left in the first place. 

2. Childhood Friend / Old Classmate: Someone who, by coincidence, found themselves in the same town. Beverly had been the Prom Queen her senior year, so she was rather well-known in town. It must have been a wonder as to why she would have left. Maybe they lost touch!

3. Students / Past Students: I’m sure she would be rather close with all of her students -- study sessions and discussing things with them would come naturally. She also is a huge fan of helping them if they’re having trouble in real life rather than student life. (Think the teacher who always let you eat in their classroom and had peanut butter, bread, and jelly if you were hungry.)

4. Coworkers: She loves to get in touch with them for collaborations or even for drinks at night. It’s a way for her to relax and get to know the people she’s around. Honestly, just a bubble of happy mom-friend energy. Love it.

5. Exs: She would have had a kind of boyfriend that she dated before him and was probably forced to break up with him... Maybe it's time to rekindle that kindness. Easily could have boyfriends from college that showed up too.

…More to come, I’m sure!

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𝒾𝓃𝓉𝓇𝑜𝒹𝓊𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 -- 𝒿𝒶𝓃𝒾𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓇𝒾𝑒 𝒶𝒷𝒷𝑜𝓉𝓉

ｂａｃｋｇｒｏｕｎｄ 

♡ janie marie abbott is the only child of elizabeth and nathenial abbott her father a wealthy and well known plastic surgeon in her hometown of beverly hills.  ♡ janie grew up accustomed to a very cushy and comfortable kind of lifestyle, filled with frequent shopping sprees and pretty much every thing she could ever want.

♡ she naturally fit in with the in crowd and soon became her high school’s it girl, she was prom queen both her junior & senior year.

♡ she can seem a little swallow at times but she’s actually secretly really intelligent, she got a super high SAT score and is naturally smart. however, she definitely dumbs herself down a little. 

♡ she definitely still has an easy time fitting in and naturally finds herself apart of the more popular people on campus ( so if you have a party muse, wealthy muse, or something in between hmu )

♡ this is so bad, but I promise my writing is better than what this trash of an intro would make it seem like. 

ｐｅｒｓｏｎａｌｉｔｙ

+  witty, charming, captivating, secretively intelligent

- swallow, exclusive, snobby, stubborn, headstrong

ｉｎｓｐｉｒａｔｉｏｎ

-- summber roberts, cher horwitez, torrance shipman

ｐｉｎｔｅｒｅｓｔ ｂｏａｒｄ

( x ) 

ｗａｎｔｅｄ ｃｏｎｎｅｃｔｉｏｎｓ

♡  gal pal bestie- this is her ride or die, they constantly have sleepovers, talk about the latest fashions, and paint each others nails.

♡ party buddies- pretty much they get drunk at parties together, they text each other when they find out about a party and usually they get the other in trouble.

♡  good influence- your muse is a good influence on janie, they are definitely a little more pure than my muse child. 

♡ hook up buddy- it never gets passed late night hook ups, stolen glances, and late night you up texts. 

♡ exes- maybe from in high school or from freshman year? we can figure some angst and stuff out if you want!