#headcanon: e. m. truman

[pimpernals]

ELLEN MARIE TRUMAN.

GENERAL.

NAME   ellen marie truman

ALIASES   ellen marie

AGE   18-23+

BIRTHDATE   may twenty-fifth, nineteen thirty-six

GENDER   cisfemale

SEXUALITY   on the ace spectrum

STATUS   single

ETHNICITY   white

NATIONALITY   american

BIRTHPLACE   new york city

RESIDENCE   new york city

OCCUPATION   model / wannabe writer

PHYSICAL.

HEIGHT   5’10”

WEIGHT   110lbs

CHEST   31 inches

WAIST   22 inches

HIPS   33 inches

BODY TYPE   slender and long

SKIN TONE   fair

HAIRSTYLE   curly

HAIR COLOR   blonde

EYE COLOR   blue

SCARS   one on her left hip

FACECLAIM   kristen dunst

PERSONALITY.

TRAITS   cheerful, perky, optimistic, passionate, altruistic, charismatic, overwhelms herself, easily taken advantage of, overly empathetic, 

HABITS   biting her lip, tugging at her earlobe, widening her eyes, drawing on herself

HOBBIES   writing, journaling, doodling 

FEARS   abandonment

FAMILY.

FATHER   glenn crawford truman (whereabouts unknown)

MOTHER   barbara perkins truman (alive)

SISTER   bailey truman whitley (older by thirteen years; alive), sally dean truman (older by eleven years; deceased), jane olga truman (older by eight years; deceased), jackie truman (older by seven years;  missing, presumed dead)

BROTHER   earl philip truman (older by fifteen years, deceased)

EXTRA.

MBTI   enfj

ENNEAGRAM   tba.

ALIGNMENT   neutral good

HISTORY.

— THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING OFF ABOUT HER PARENT’S RELATIONSHIP. ellen marie figured they were lucky. some other kid’s parents beat each other. the worst that came from her parents were the shouting matches that went into the darkest hours of night. they got married when her ma was seventeen years old. their parents made them after finding out she was pregnant with his child. and what a child that was. ellen marie’s older brother isn’t much more than a memory in her mind. but he was beloved by their parents. earl was perfect. smart and athletic. ellen marie was the surprise child. the closest sibling in age to her was her sister jackie - their age difference was of seven years. ellen marie doesn’t remember it since she was barely three at the time, but one day her older sister bailey came home and told her parents she was knocked up. ma was appalled. pa drank heavily that night. the next morning, ma marched both bailey and the “low-life” that knocked her up to the court house and made them get married right on the spot. some of ellen marie’s earliest memories is hearing a baby screaming at night. she remembers an argument that bailey and ma got into. bailey took her baby and her husband and left. 

— WHAT HAPPENED WITH BAILEY WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING. sally got real sick one night. the next morning, her hand was limp and there was no pulse. ma was the one who found her like that. ellen marie remembers stumbling in after her. ma whispered something about how it was like finding baby angel jane dead in her crib. she never asked about the baby angel. later on, she figured out baby angel jane rolled over one night and couldn’t breath. when the united states entered the second world war, earl was brave enough to volunteer for the airforce. ellen marie was six years old when they got the letter in the mail from the government saying earl was dead. the perfect child was dead. pa left for days at a time. although, ellen marie was young, she remembers. pa wanted to go to war, too. he wanted to die the same way his son died. but ma wouldn’t let him. he had two little girls he had to take care of. they were barely scraping by even after the depression and the fact her parents both worked two jobs. besides, his back was bad. the doctors wouldn’t let him go, either. jackie was a spitfire, as described by her parents. that only got worse when she was thirteen. they got in a big fight one night. so bad, she was gone the next morning. the authorities figured she wanted to catch a train to bailey’s house and spend some time there. they never found jackie. she was probably dead. 

— THAT’S WHEN PA LEFT. everyone left. ellen marie was only seven years old, but she lost all of her sisters, her brother, now her pa. ma didn’t take it well. she started drinking a whole bunch. had to beg on her knees for some extra money from bailey. everything was falling apart in ellen marie’s life. so she made up new ones. new lives for her to explore. ellen marie started writing them down when she had the pencils and paper to do so. she loved getting buried in her fantasies. throughout her school years, she jotted them down. teachers noticed and told ma, but ma didn’t care too much for stories. despite that, ellen marie kept writing. she entered contests in middle school, her new dream became becoming a children’s writer. with her talent, she would one day, everyone (besides ma) told her. bailey even read her stories between taking care of the now three other mouths she had to feed. 

— BUT STORYTELLING WASN’T ALL ELLEN MARIE HAD FOR HER, THERE WAS A CURSE. her ma noticed it one day when she was sober. by the age of seventeen years old, ellen marie had grown into her looks. she was a beauty. beyond a beauty. the perfect silhouette for a fashion model. without telling her daughter anything, ma started making friends with friends of friends who had friends. those friends could get her in the business. ma had them over time to time when ellen marie got home from school. ellen marie never minded them much. it was good ma was finally making friends again. ma was even picking up after her own messes now. it was good for them. but the friends started getting too close to ellen marie. they started assessing her. looking at her every angle. ellen marie didn’t like that. she wanted to write her stories in peace. but ma sat her down one day and told her she was gonna be a model. ma was actually smiling that day. ellen marie had a photoshoot the next week. she could either go willingly or ma would drag her down to that studio by her ear. so she went. 

— SUDDENLY, SHE WAS NOT JUST A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WRITING STORIES ANYMORE. she had an agent. she had a shoot every week. ellen marie soon didn’t have any time to write stories. ma was happy though. she didn’t drink as much. according to her, all of their problems had been solved. so ellen marie put on a smile. but inside, she missed her stories. she missed her friends and her english teachers. ma made sure she had no time for that. soon, they could afford a better apartment in new york city. they moved far away from the people ellen marie knew. ma even forced her into changing the way she spoke so she sounded more “upper-class,” not the way she was.

— ELLEN MARIE DIDN’T GET TO GROW UP TO BE A CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHOR. she hated the modeling and everything that came with it. but at least, her ma was finally happy. she tries to convince herself that’s what she wants, but deep down, ellen marie misses her stories.

[gathersroses]

ELLEN MARIE TRUMAN.

GENERAL.

NAME   ellen marie truman

ALIASES   ellen marie

AGE   18-23+

BIRTHDATE   may twenty-fifth, nineteen thirty-six

GENDER   cisfemale

SEXUALITY   on the ace spectrum

STATUS   single

ETHNICITY   white

NATIONALITY   american

BIRTHPLACE   new york city

RESIDENCE   new york city

OCCUPATION   model / wannabe writer

PHYSICAL.

HEIGHT   5’10”

WEIGHT   110lbs

CHEST   31 inches

WAIST   22 inches

HIPS   33 inches

BODY TYPE   slender and long

SKIN TONE   fair

HAIRSTYLE   curly

HAIR COLOR   blonde

EYE COLOR   blue

SCARS   one on her left hip

FACECLAIM   kristen dunst

PERSONALITY.

TRAITS   cheerful, perky, optimistic, passionate, altruistic, charismatic, overwhelms herself, easily taken advantage of, overly empathetic, 

HABITS   biting her lip, tugging at her earlobe, widening her eyes, drawing on herself

HOBBIES   writing, journaling, doodling 

FEARS   abandonment

FAMILY.

FATHER   glenn crawford truman (whereabouts unknown)

MOTHER   barbara perkins truman (alive)

SISTER   bailey truman whitley (older by thirteen years; alive), sally dean truman (older by eleven years; deceased), jane olga truman (older by eight years; deceased), jackie truman (older by seven years;  missing, presumed dead)

BROTHER   earl philip truman (older by fifteen years, deceased)

EXTRA.

MBTI   enfj

ENNEAGRAM   tba.

ALIGNMENT   neutral good

HISTORY.

— THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING OFF ABOUT HER PARENT’S RELATIONSHIP. ellen marie figured they were lucky. some other kid’s parents beat each other. the worst that came from her parents were the shouting matches that went into the darkest hours of night. they got married when her ma was seventeen years old. their parents made them after finding out she was pregnant with his child. and what a child that was. ellen marie’s older brother isn’t much more than a memory in her mind. but he was beloved by their parents. earl was perfect. smart and athletic. ellen marie was the surprise child. the closest sibling in age to her was her sister jackie - their age difference was of seven years. ellen marie doesn’t remember it since she was barely three at the time, but one day her older sister bailey came home and told her parents she was knocked up. ma was appalled. pa drank heavily that night. the next morning, ma marched both bailey and the “low-life” that knocked her up to the court house and made them get married right on the spot. some of ellen marie’s earliest memories is hearing a baby screaming at night. she remembers an argument that bailey and ma got into. bailey took her baby and her husband and left. 

— WHAT HAPPENED WITH BAILEY WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING. sally got real sick one night. the next morning, her hand was limp and there was no pulse. ma was the one who found her like that. ellen marie remembers stumbling in after her. ma whispered something about how it was like finding baby angel jane dead in her crib. she never asked about the baby angel. later on, she figured out baby angel jane rolled over one night and couldn’t breath. when the united states entered the second world war, earl was brave enough to volunteer for the airforce. ellen marie was six years old when they got the letter in the mail from the government saying earl was dead. the perfect child was dead. pa left for days at a time. although, ellen marie was young, she remembers. pa wanted to go to war, too. he wanted to die the same way his son died. but ma wouldn’t let him. he had two little girls he had to take care of. they were barely scraping by even after the depression and the fact her parents both worked two jobs. besides, his back was bad. the doctors wouldn’t let him go, either. jackie was a spitfire, as described by her parents. that only got worse when she was thirteen. they got in a big fight one night. so bad, she was gone the next morning. the authorities figured she wanted to catch a train to bailey’s house and spend some time there. they never found jackie. she was probably dead. 

— THAT’S WHEN PA LEFT. everyone left. ellen marie was only seven years old, but she lost all of her sisters, her brother, now her pa. ma didn’t take it well. she started drinking a whole bunch. had to beg on her knees for some extra money from bailey. everything was falling apart in ellen marie’s life. so she made up new ones. new lives for her to explore. ellen marie started writing them down when she had the pencils and paper to do so. she loved getting buried in her fantasies. throughout her school years, she jotted them down. teachers noticed and told ma, but ma didn’t care too much for stories. despite that, ellen marie kept writing. she entered contests in middle school, her new dream became becoming a children’s writer. with her talent, she would one day, everyone (besides ma) told her. bailey even read her stories between taking care of the now three other mouths she had to feed. 

— BUT STORYTELLING WASN’T ALL ELLEN MARIE HAD FOR HER, THERE WAS A CURSE. her ma noticed it one day when she was sober. by the age of seventeen years old, ellen marie had grown into her looks. she was a beauty. beyond a beauty. the perfect silhouette for a fashion model. without telling her daughter anything, ma started making friends with friends of friends who had friends. those friends could get her in the business. ma had them over time to time when ellen marie got home from school. ellen marie never minded them much. it was good ma was finally making friends again. ma was even picking up after her own messes now. it was good for them. but the friends started getting too close to ellen marie. they started assessing her. looking at her every angle. ellen marie didn’t like that. she wanted to write her stories in peace. but ma sat her down one day and told her she was gonna be a model. ma was actually smiling that day. ellen marie had a photoshoot the next week. she could either go willingly or ma would drag her down to that studio by her ear. so she went. 

— SUDDENLY, SHE WAS NOT JUST A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WRITING STORIES ANYMORE. she had an agent. she had a shoot every week. ellen marie soon didn’t have any time to write stories. ma was happy though. she didn’t drink as much. according to her, all of their problems had been solved. so ellen marie put on a smile. but inside, she missed her stories. she missed her friends and her english teachers. ma made sure she had no time for that. soon, they could afford a better apartment in new york city. they moved far away from the people ellen marie knew. ma even forced her into changing the way she spoke so she sounded more “upper-class,” not the way she was.

— ELLEN MARIE DIDN’T GET TO GROW UP TO BE A CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHOR. she hated the modeling and everything that came with it. but at least, her ma was finally happy. she tries to convince herself that’s what she wants, but deep down, ellen marie misses her stories.