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BONNIE KING

☆ FULL NAME: Bonnie Reagan King ☆ GENDER: Ciswoman ☆ PRONOUNS: She/Her ☆ AGE: 25 (February 16th, 1999) ☆ TYPE: Full sibling; solo (open to twin) ☆ HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, California ☆ JOB: Studio Hand/Teacher at Cracked Glaze Ceramics Studio ☆ SCHOOL: Art History Doctorate student ☆ SEXUALITY: Queer ☆ FACECLAIM: China Anne McClain

ABOUT BONNIE

Bonnie Reagan King was born Bonnie Bernadette Brown, and if asked, that’s when she says her life went to shit. Being the middle child of the Browns was anything but a walk in the park. Bonnie was held to what felt like a higher standard than her siblings, or at least she was the one who always seemed to be in the wrong, no matter what she tried.

For years, Bonnie just played into what her parents wanted. She was quiet, well behaved, but as the differences in how she was treated became more obvious, Bonnie started to resent and rebel. If she was going to be punished for the little things, she might as well go big with it. Much to her parents dismay. Their perfect family image was hard to maintain with a child in full on rebellion. Even still, they did what they could to force her down and keep her in line.

Bonnie was a bit of a jack of all trades growing up. Took to anything put in front of her with ease, but she never stuck with anything too long, except when she was forced to. She had her true interests that she kept close to her chest, not wanting to be pushed further in them and growing to hate them.

Her parents forced her, specifically, into acting from a young age. It was the one thing they consistently wanted her doing, because they wanted her to make a name for herself. The problem being, the name Bonnie made for herself resulted in her rebellion making the news more times than it really should have, especially in her teens. Including a, now buried, incident with arson. It caused enough trouble that she was, somewhat unceremoniously, removed from the spotlight by her parents in her early teens.

While her rebellion meant a number of questionable run ins with the law and trouble in school, Bonnie was still academically succeeding, because she knew she’d need college to get out and away from her parents. She also did various odd jobs and stashed any money she could away, applied for scholarships and basically took every opportunity to guarantee she’d make it out of California and away from her parents and family name as soon as she was old enough and free to.

Within a year of graduation, Bonnie had moved to NYC, gone no contact with her family, and changed her name. She’d also changed from a ceramics major to an art history major with minors in anthropology and ceramics. The reason for this was because of the first professor she really cliqued with, who she felt understood her and saw her for more than her family. She was the head of the art history department and encouraged her to actually follow her passions. Which, as much as she liked ceramics and pottery, all the years of doing it in secret to avoid being pushed to do it more taught her she didn’t want to do it for a living. But history? It had always interested her and art history captivated her in ways traditional history did not.

In her undergrad, Bonnie had a long term boyfriend that, on the best of days, she swore she was going to marry. He was the kind of person who made her feel at home and loved in ways nothing, and no one, had ever made her feel before. Unfortunately for Bonnie, where she was planning a future, her boyfriend was planning his escape. One day, near the end of her senior year, her boyfriend suddenly up and left their shared apartment while she was in class. He left just enough money to cover his portion of their remaining rent and a brief letter detailing why he was leaving. Then he was gone into the wind. His reasons for leaving boiled down to being scared of commitment and how serious their relationship had become. The breakup devastated Bonnie and she chose her wild card school for her master's degree, a university in Greece.

After receiving a master’s, and tired of her parents' continued pestering, despite doing her best to not be in contact with them, Bonnie decided to play a little game. She proposed that her parents pay for her to get her doctorate and she’d reconsider her place in the family. It was noncommittal on her part, but it would get her doctorate paid for and she could easily leave after, since she only agreed to reconsider things, not actually do it. Though, she did set aside funds to cover her tuition at PSU if needed.

In college is when Bonnie fully came into herself, shedding the parts of herself she’d used as protection from her family and their name. She’s highly expressive, unafraid to look like someone took the question “gay or artist” and stamped a large red “YES” on it. But she also takes pride in dressing to impress, something she always resented as a child and teen. Though, just about everything she owns has trace elements of clay, because while art history is where her future lies, her love of ceramics and pottery holds her heart and tends to dominate her free time.

FAMILY BACKGROUND

The Brown family have numerous accolades to their name. Rashawn being a well known actor turned director and Tonya, a model turned business owner. Rashawn’s father was also an actor before him and Tonya’s parents well respected professors. With a family name worthy of Hollywood royalty, the Brown children were upheld to the highest standards. They were to make the family proud and that meant that Rashawn and Tonya were often extremely strict and hypercritical, and controlling, of what their children did, or didn't, do.