#g o s h the silliness here is off the charts but i cANNOT GET OVER ALAN. ALAN. A L A N . 🏳️‍🌈

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... Alan in this photo ....

Oh. My gosh.

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SCOUT AND BAY BITCH

❛❛ i’m still alive but i’m barely breathing  – Sophie Avery Pan.❞

Name :

{ S O P H I E } - meaning “wisdom”

{ A V E R Y } - meaning “ruling with elf wisdom” (yeah, they picked a middle name that basically means the same thing as her first. Well done friends)

{ P A N } - in reference to the minor deity of Greek mythology, who plays pipes to nymphs, and is part human and part goat

Faceclaim :

Aylvia Alyn Lind

Birthday :

January 6th

Those born on January 6th often have an extremely sensitive side. Deep down, they want to show a little tenderness, but have a tendency to stay secretive. Those born on this day despise confrontations and will hold their tongue to avoid an argument, realizing that the outcome or consequences could change their life, and hence are easily taken advantage of. They tend to offer your assistance to others in need but possess the ability to spread themselves too thin. It is essential for those born on this day to learn that they alone cannot save the world.

Gender :

Cis-Female

Appearance :

{ H A I R } - curly, blonde

{ E Y E S } - blue

{ H E I G H T } - 4 feet 5 inches (for now)

Personality :

+ Charming, Gentle, Logical

- Anxious, Immunodeficient, Shy

Special Talents :

Though Sophie has been living with Scout and Bay for about two years so far, Scout and Bay have yet to see any signs of powers or abilities from the girl, and it makes them somewhat relieved. Teddy’s journey to understanding his own capabilities was enough of a catastrophe, and the women have their hands full with Sophie’s medical concerns.

Due to a lack of care shown to the girl when she was a toddler, what started as untreated mold and dust allergies has since turned into a very serious immunodeficiency, and one of the most severe cases of asthma Scout and Bay have ever seen. They deal the best they can, and are lucky to be surrounded by friends and family who seem to always been around when they need someone to watch Teddy, but Sophie is constantly in and out of the hospital, whether its an asthma-related complication or another bout of tracheobronchitis or something in between. Sometimes the women doubt if they’ll ever be able to give Sophie what she needs.

What Sophie’s moms have yet to realize, though, is that Sophie’s constant ability to overcome any illness she comes down with isn’t just due to the miracle of medicine. There’s another factor in play, here, and that’s the “special talent” they keep attempting to search for, and never finding – Sophie has the gift of life preservation, and has been unknowingly using this power to keep herself alive for years.

Who They Like Better :

Ever since Scout first approached the young girl, it was obvious that Sophie was taken by her as much as she was taken by Sophie. It took time for the older blonde to get the younger to open up to her – and even required some telepathic conversation – but by the end of the day, Sophie was refusing to let go of Scout’s hand, and it’s practically been like this ever since. She loves both her mommies, of course, and is so grateful to them for all they do for her, but there’s nothing that can beat the appreciation she feels for Scout.

Who They Take After More :

Appearance-wise, Sophie actually looks a lot like Bay – the blonde curls, the blue eyes – and many are surprised when they hear that the child isn’t biologically related to Scout and Bay at all. In terms of personality, though, it seems as if neither of her mommies really have much of an impact. Their daughter is kind, and charming, but that’s about where the similarities end. Unlike Teddy or Maeve, Sophie is very quiet, and extremely shy. Scout has expressed concerns about this, and has suggested on more than one occasion that she wishes there was more they could do for the girl, but Bay has held steadfast in her belief that, eventually, when the girl wants to talk to them about her past, she will. Both women want nothing more than to give the child love and support, in the hopes that one day she will truly know how wanted she is.

Personal Headcanons :

The path to family is often lined with mishaps and misfortune, and it is no surprise that, for Scout and Bay, their unexpected “Happily Ever After” hasn’t always been a walk in the park. Of course, if you’d asked Bay about true love before she started at WDU, she probably would’ve laughed in your face. True love was a phase, a work of fiction, or at least, that’s what she believed.

And then she ran into Scout, or, Scout ran into her, and somehow their paths refused to untangle themselves. Friendship turned into flirtationship which then turned into something… else, but just when Bay found herself thinking perhaps this might all work, it all came crashing down.

Because Bay wasn’t the only one with love-related insecurities, and when the road seemed to finally flatten out, Scout took off.

To say Bay was devastated would be a vast understatement. She was crushed, and began to isolate herself from all of her friends. Months went by without even a word from the girl she’d fallen for, until one dark and stormy night when Lucky’s barking woke Bay up, and she opened her dorm room door to a shivering, soaking, traumatized, pregnant Scout, begging her for forgiveness. Bay couldn’t help but throw all of her anger out the window. She let Scout in, helped her change into warm, dry clothes, and the two of them talked, for hours, attempting to make sense of the mess they’d created.

Five months later, Teddy was born, and two years after that, Scout proposed. Their wedding was perfectly imperfect (it rained, there was almost a seating chart disaster – you know, typical them); Teddy was the cutest ring bearer and so well-behaved at the reception that Scout and Bay found themselves thinking the same thing: they wanted another baby.

But, as most things seem to go for these two, their path to a bigger family was far from conventional. Scout wasn’t in a place to carry another child quite yet, and Bay, they soon learned, couldn’t carry – so they were stuck.

To fill some of the void, and to help prevent abandoned and unwanted children in Buena Vista from suffering similar fates to her, Scout soon founded the Buena Vista Orphanage. It was about four years after it’s opening day – around the time the Teddy turned eight – that Scout met the small, malnourished, suffering six-year-old named Sophie, and instantly fell in love.

And so the family of three became four.

❛❛ treasure, that is what you are  – Maeve Evelyn Pan.❞

Name :

{ M A E V E } - meaning “she who intoxicates” 

{ E V E L Y N } - meaning “hazelnut”

{ P A N } - in reference to the minor deity of Greek mythology, who plays pipes to nymphs, and is part human and part goat

Faceclaim :

Mimi Kirkland

Birthday :

April 23rd

Those born on April 23rd can be clever little dickens. This youthful trait is their trademark. They are also likely to have premonitions and tend to have great timing. The 23 April birthday personality is mysterious and imaginative. Those born on this day are likely to travel and make connections that are favorable with everyone they meet. They are capable of becoming someone who is responsible for influencing the lives of others. After all, it’s in their blood.. they belong in the family of Taurus the Bull.

Gender :

Cis-Female

Appearance :

{ H A I R } - wavy, light brown

{ E Y E S } - blue

{ H E I G H T } - 4 feet 9 inches (for now)

Personality :

+ Enthusiastic, Empathetic, Optimistic

- Cheeky, Impulsive, Restless

Special Talents :

Looking back on the year that Maeve has been a part of their family, it’s easy to pick up on the signs that Maeve possesses the ability to help others feel joy. The girl practically glows when she walks into a room, and never seems to have a frown on her face, but Bay and Scout are easily distracted, and with the constant attention required of them by Sophie, for a while, Maeve’s happiness inducement went unnoticed, or at least, to it’s full capacity. It was Suka, actually, who made the connection – they’d been called upon to babysit for Teddy and Maeve during a late-night hospital visit with Sophie, and Suka picked up on the young girl’s powers almost immediately. They informed Bay and Scout soon after that, and was enlisted by both women to help Maeve understand the full extent of her ability, on the off chance that her powers had similar downfalls to Suka’s, if they were pushed too far. Maeve has quickly grown attached to her Unty Suka.

It is important to note, too, that it is easy to see a difference in the family since Maeve has joined it. What once was scary and dark is suddenly less so, and the entire family has grown less anxious, none more than Sophie. Physically, the girl still suffers, but she is certainly warming up to the idea of family more, and it is without a doubt due to the happiness that Maeve somehow accesses within her.

Who They Like Better :

Maeve has a lot of love to give, and hence doesn’t like one of her mommies more than the other. They’re both kind, and warm, and silly. They give her hugs and kisses, they wrap her in fluffy towels after she takes a bath, and they always tuck her in at night, which is more than Maeve has ever received from caretakers before. And she loves her siblings, too – Teddy, who always loves to play dolls and trucks with her, and Sophie, who loves to color, and likes to listen to Maeve’s outrageous stories. So, yeah, if you were to ask her this question, she’d probably laugh at you, because, in a family where everyone loves her, how can she pick one?

Who They Take After More :

Appearance-wise, Maeve doesn’t really look much like Scout or Bay. Her skin is darker than both of theirs, and her hair matches Teddy’s more than anyone else’s. Personality-wise, though, she is perhaps the spitting image of her mommies, if not more energetic than either of them. She’s constantly excited, always on the edge of her seat, always wanting to move or play or explore. She loves the water, loves the earth, loves when Scout takes her flying – she just can’t seem to get enough of the world she’s been given, and Scout and Bay love it. They hope to show it all to her, one day at a time.

Personal Headcanons :

The first seven years of Maeve’s life were filled with inconsistency and constant turmoil, but you wouldn’t know it if you met her.

The daughter of a teen mom who was in over her head, Maeve was sent from house to house, from town to town, constantly attempting to shift and adjust to her new surroundings, only to be pulled out of them again.

It wasn’t that it was ever really her fault. She tried her hardest, in every home, with every family, to be kind and well-mannered and well-behaved, but she was easily excited, and overly clumsy, and calamity seemed to follow her, so most foster homes quickly attempted to pawn the girl off to someone else.

Eventually, the options were all used up, and Maeve found herself being dropped off by a social worker she could never really remember the name of in front of a large building with lots and lots of kids: the Buena Vista Orphanage.

It was less than a week after Maeve’s arrival that Scout and Bay took Sophie to say hello to some of the children she’d met during her time in the orphanage, and to check in on everything. It was Bay this time who locked eyes with the small ball of energy and fell in love. Somehow, she knew that Maeve was meant to be theirs.

And so the family of four became five.

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