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INTRODUCING; STEFAN NAVARRO

if you’re hearing CROSSFIRE by STEPHEN playing, you have to know STEFAN NAVARRO (HE/HIM; CIS MALE) is near by! the 34 year old SELF-DEFENSE INSTRUCTOR has been in denver for, like, 3 YEARS. they’re known to be quite OVER-PROTECTIVE, but being LEVEL-HEADED seems to balance that out. or maybe it’s the fact that they resemble MICHAEL TREVINO. personally, i’d love to know more about them seeing as how they’ve got those running shoes and exercise at the break of dawn, every possible minute spent in the midst of ocean waves, him alone is huge empty mansions vibes. and maybe i’ll get my chance if i hang out around the CHERRY CREEK DISTRICT long enough!

( death tw, accident tw )

As the first born and only son of Alexander and Layla Navarro, Stefan had everything any child could ever want except the presence of his parents. They were far too busy with work and growing their own empire to spare any time for their son. When Stefan was six, his father brought him to his hometown Denver (which he had moved out of right after high school) and left him with his grandparents to raise. He was given all the wealth and luxury. But Stefan was allowed to visit his parents only during holidays, and that was about it.

Stefan realized at a tender age that his parents had no love for him, they only had expectations from him and responsibilities for him – it had weighed him down. He was expected to be perfect and nothing less, with his grades, the way he behaved and even with the friends he made. To his parents’ delight, as he grew up, Stefan turned out to be exactly as they had expected – the perfect son they could brag about to anyone and everyone. He had is own social circle and friends of course, but all through school he worked hard to maintain the straight As because he knew far too well his parents would not accept anything lesser from him.

While he loved his grandparents, he was his father’s son and the small town life wasn’t enough for him either. He soon left Denver and went to Business School like his parents wanted, and that was when he began to experience life the way he wanted. He loved the freedom which came with leaving the small town, dropping out of school, and beginning to travel far and wide whenever he could and experience life to the fullest. Every weekend was a new trip with new people, and with time passing, he wished to return back home lesser and lesser but he did nevertheless, quite often, for unlike his father, Stefan appreciated the love his grandparents showered him with.

He refused his parents insisting him to join the family business and instead when he was ready for a steady career, he trained to be a paramedic, which was quite the opposite of what his parents wanted from him but it was something he chose for himself. His parents were disappointed in him but he was happy, and he began to build a more permanent life for himself soon enough – a career and soon even love.

He married the woman he loved and had a kid with her, and everything seemed perfect. It was a fairy tale life, except happily ever afters didn’t really exist. His wife died in a car accident two years ago and Stefan spiraled. He loved his family more than anything, keeping them safe and happy had been his biggest priority – and something snapped inside him when Mara died. And had it not been for his daughters he would have completely lost his path.

Having been unable to live in a place with all of Mara’s memories, he moved back to Denver three years ago in the hopes of getting better and while it seemed like his kids were settling down, for Stefan it wasn’t really that easy. Only recently has he come to accept the loss of his wife and has begun to move on.

Connections:

Family: William and Florencia Navarro (grandparents, npc), Alexander & Layla Navarro (parents, npc), Mara Navarro (wife, deceased), Florencia & Valentina Navarro (twin daughters aged 6, npc)

[open] Cousins, exes, Best friends, childhood friends, friends he traveled with, new friends, neighbours, his grandparents’ neighbours, people he teaches at the gym, people who kinda saw him/helped him through his lowest points when he arrived in town after his wife died, His daughters' teachers could be school or could be private lessons – they're bright little girls and go for many classes like dance, drawing, piano etc, baby sitters, one night stands, fwbs, favourite bartender buddies, quite open really he’s very flexible and he’s been back in town a while and is a local so there's a bunch of things we could do!

[olivadunhams]

Luke Pasqualino ;D , Bob Morley & Michael Trevino

Luke Pasqualino

LISTEN !! LISTEN, I literally have zero reason for loving Luke besides my love of Freddie in Skins way back when ( UGH don’t get me started ) that being said I’ve never seen him anywhere and I’ve only recently convinced @paceywit to play him against me, which is DELIGHTFUL I cannot wait. I just ??? Wow. 

Bob Morley

Fucking Bob Morley. Another one I have irrational love for. I do love Bellamy Blake A LOT and I played his sister in a group I was in and it was a good connection, I also played a super cute Bob for like three seconds and he was the most adorable comic book nerd and wow !! But honestly once again @paceywit doing the lordt’s work for playing not only Eric Navarro but Charlie Flores in two horrible terrible awful plots that I don’t like a single bit.

Michael Trevino

So I feel obligated to mention @seasonsrps Josh even though I never got to officially meet him and have only heard stories passed on from others. Other than that I’ve only come across Stefan Reyes who right now is the worst and Holly will probably be very angry at for like six seconds because she prob cannot get angry at him for long. 

Send me an FC and I’ll tell you my experience rping with them - ACCEPTING

[qvietwhispers]

INTRODUCING; CELIA  ÁLVAREZ

Age:  33

Gender: Cis Woman

Pronouns: She/Her

Occupation: Guidance Counsellor 

Trigger Warnings:  death

background;

Celia was born to Yanet and Raul Álvarez. Celia was never her parent's favourite. Yanet preferred her youngest daughter, Ramira, while Raul favoured her older Brother, Elian. She got along best with her Abuelo, who was easily her favourite family member.

The Álvarez's were wealthy, and her parents lived a fairly lavish lifestyle. They were strict on their children, and while Elian fit into their expectations with ease, Celia and Ramira struggled.

Celia was raised to be "ladylike", a term she utterly despises. She learned to sew and was taught ballet from a young age. They didn't teach her to cook or clean, they had people for that.

They wanted the picture perfect family, scolding Celia and her siblings if they ever stepped out of line. Every flaw was pointed out, until Celia began to do it herself. It made her very self critical.

The Álvarez's were spoilt, and their parents had them homeschooled. Mostly, their company was with their family, and their neighbours, the Navarro's.

Stefan was Celia's best friend from day one. Their families were old friends, and being the same age, the two bonded easily. He has, and always will be, her closest friend and she would trust him with her life.

Celia hated being homeschooled, so when it came the time for her to be in high school, she tried to convince her parents to let her go. They refused at first, until she got her Abuelo involved.

She stuck out like a sore thumb at first, too prim, too proper and not really knowing how to talk to people who weren't Stefan. She came across as rather rude and cold at first, but eventually, Celia made her way in the school.

At this point, Elian had graduated and had gone to business school, before returning to help with the family business. Ramira began to rebel, and Celia worried for her sister. Their father was furious, but their mother claimed it was just a "phase" and made it clear if Celia got any ideas, she would be reprimanded. It didn't seem fair, no matter how hard she worked, she never seemed good enough in her parents eyes.

Celia longed to travel and leave the small town, but her parents had other ideas. She was to follow in the same footsteps as her brother, but she refused. They told her they wouldn't fund her schooling if she was to leave, and while she didn't care about the money as much as she did when she was younger, her Abuelo grew sick. Celia stayed, but using money her Abuelo had given her, got her degree online.

Her parents were furious that she had gone behind their back, but as she was helping with her Abuelo, they didn't say much. They did begin to nitpick at everything she did, however.

During this time, when Celia was 22, she had a boyfriend. She had a few before, but this one she was head over heels in love with. She adored him, but no matter how good he was to her, her parents went out of their way to find flaws. Eventually, it dissolved into arguments between the two, and they called it off, Celia being heartbroken.

Her parents set her up with a family friend's son. They didn't really see eye to eye on things, and he was rather stuck up in Celia's opinion, but her parents seemed to love him, so Celia started to date him.

Shortly after, her Abuelo passed, and her parents became even worse, as he was no longer there as a buffer. Everything she did was wrong, and Celia was so determined to get them off her back, the only thing they didn't seem to pick at was the boyfriend they'd basically chosen for her.

They got married when Celia was 25, and while it was a loveless marriage, her parents had seemed to back off, allowing Celia to work as a guidance counsellor in peace.

Things changed three years into the marriage, when Celia fell pregnant. She was overjoyed, having always wanted a family, determined to be better than her own parents. However, her husband seemed less enthralled, and paid the two of them no attention still.

It was when her son, Osvaldo, turned two that Celia realised she didn't want the boy to grow up watching his parents in a loveless marriage, he deserved better than that. He also didn't deserve a father that barely paid him any attention. So, Celia handed him divorce papers. He argued, at first, for being married to an Álvarez had it's perks, but he soon backed off. He'd had multiple affairs, and Celia had know about them, but not really cared enough to confront him before. With this knowledge, he left, and told Celia he wanted nothing to do with Os before leaving town.

Celia was furious for her son, but knew they were better off without him. He'd been lazy, arrogant and just generally a pretentious asshole.

Her sister, who had left the minute she turned 18, came back a year later. Celia doesn't know where the girl when, they barely kept in contact but Ramira refused to go back to their parents house so she's been living with Celia. The two don't always see eye to eye, and it can be tense between them at times, but at the end of the day, it was her sister so Celia wasn't going to make her leave. It helped that Ramira would often help out with Os when Celia needed it.

Celia has a very strained relationship with her parents, and her older brother. Elian was borderline cruel at times, and Celia tends to avoid him at all costs. However, her family insists of having dinner together every Sunday, and so while she often makes excuses, she does go. She doesn't want to completely cut Os off from his Abuelo and Abuela, as the boy seems to adore his Abuela. Her mother has lightened up a little with Celia ever since she had him, but will stick pick out the flaws in her parenting, much to Celia's annoyance.

wanted connections;

Her ex from when she was 22. Dated for a year, maybe longer, but her parents didn’t approve, and nit-pick at the relationship. It drove them both crazy, and caused arguments that eventually caused them to call the relationship off. Celia tends to avoid the other, acting as though she’s annoyed with them, but in reality, she’s more annoyed at herself for not sticking up for them.

Best friend - After Stefan left, Celia felt pretty lonely. The two may have known each other before, but became closer after this. They’re one of her closest friends next to Stefan.

Babysitter - Celia doesn’t trust most people with Os, but this person has been babysitting for her for years, and she’s built up a trust with them.

Family friends - People that maybe she was pressured to be friends with, so they’d have to be fairly wealthy. Could have also been friends with her ex. 

Not everyone will get along with her, so I’d love people that clashes with her.

Up for brainstorming!

FAMILY;

Yenifer Álvarez (Abuela - NPC - 87 )

Yanet Álvarez (Mother- NPC - 61 )

Raul Álvarez (Father - NPC - 63 )

Elian Álvarez (Brother - NPC - 36 - Owner of White Oak Distillery - Pretentious Asshole )

Ramira Álvarez (Sister - WANTED CONNECTION - 28/29 )

Osvaldo Álvarez (Son - NPC - 5 )

[fadiingstarliight]

INTRODUCING; STEFAN NAVARRO

{ cis male, he/him } did y'all see JUSTIN BALDONI at the farmer’s market earlier? turns out that it wasn’t them at all! it was really STEFAN NAVARRO! they’re that 32 year old OWNER OF CREEKSIDE STABLES from down the road. y'know, the MANIPULATIVE & OVER-PROTECTIVE one! ‘course, some people say they're LEVEL HEADED & LOYAL too. must be why they make me think of CROSSFIRE BY STEPHEN. either way, they’re a local around these parts, so that makes ‘em family.

Age: 32

Gender: Cis man

Pronouns: he/him

Occupation: Stay at home dad + Creekside stables is owned by his grandpa where he helps with the finances.

Extras: His daughter’s name is Florencia and she is six years old. He was previously a paramedic in New York but quit when his wife died in an accident and he was unable to save her. She died on July 13th 2018 and he moved to Wakefield in August 30th of 2018. Has taken over the finances of the Stables from his grandpa who is quite old now to handle things on his own. He is currently quite dissatisfied with his life career wise but he’s not ready to be back to being a medic just yet. Has minimal contact with his parents but does have access to some of their bank accounts which he had always used as he pleased. His birthday is 2nd December 1988 and his daughter’s is 17th of April 2014. He is pansexual.

{ More about Stefan + his connections under the cut !! }

Biography:

Stefan’s father, Alexander Navarro had moved out of Wakefield right after he graduated high school. The small town and his parents’ content-with-what-he-has mind was not enough for him, and it had been the right decision too. Within years, the man went on to create a massive real estate empire for himself with his wife by his side, his parents all but forgotten.

As the first born and only son of Alexander and Layla Navarro, Stefan was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. When Stefan was six, his father brought him to Wakefield and left him with his grandparents to raise. He was given all the wealth and luxury but what they didn’t have for him was time. Stefan visited them during holidays, but that was about it.

Stefan realized at a tender age that his parents had no love for him, they only had expectations from him and responsibilities for him -- it had weighed him down since a very young age. He was expected to be perfect and nothing less, with his grades, the way he behaved and even with the friends he made. To his parents’ delight, as he grew up, Stefan turned out to be exactly as they had expected – the perfect son they could brag about to anyone and everyone. He worked hard to maintain the straight As because he knew far too well his parents would not accept anything lesser from him.

While he loved his grandparents, he was his father’s son and the small town life wasn’t enough for him either. He soon left Wakefield and went to Business School like his parents wanted, and that was when he began to experience life the way he wanted. He loved the freedom which came with leaving the small town, dropping out of school, and beginning to travel far and wide whenever he could and experience life to the fullest. Every weekend was a new trip with new people, and with time passing, he wished to return back home lesser and lesser but he did nevertheless, quite often, for unlike his father, Stefan appreciated the love his grandparents showered him with.

He refused his parents insisting him to join the family business and instead when he was ready for a steady career, he trained to be a paramedic, which was quite the opposite of what his parents wanted from him but it was something he chose for himself. His parents were disappointed in him but he was happy, and he began to build a more permanent life for himself soon enough – a career and soon even love.

He married the woman he loved and had a kid with her, and everything seemed perfect. It was a fairy tale life, except happily ever afters didn’t really exist. His wife died in a car accident two years ago and Stefan spiraled. He loved his family more than anything, keeping them safe and happy had been his biggest priority – and something snapped inside him when Mara died. And had it not been for his daughter he would have completely lost his path.

Having been unable to live in a place with all of Mara’s memories, he moved back to Wakefield two years ago in the hopes of getting better and while it seemed like daughter was settling down, for Stefan it wasn’t really that easy. Only recently has he come to accept the loss of his wife and has begun to move on.

Connections:

Family: William Navarro (grandfather, npc), Alexander & Layla Navarro (parents, npc), Mara Navarro (wife, deceased) & Florencia Navarro (daughter, npc)

High school sweetheart: Jamie Campbell

[open] Best friends, childhood friends, friends he traveled with, new friends, his new neighbours, his grandpa’s neighbours, people he knew from the stables, people who kinda saw him/helped him through his lowest points when he arrived in town after his wife died, Flo’s teachers could be school or could be private lessons -- she’s a bright little girl goes for many classes like dance, drawing, piano etc, baby sitters, one night stands, fwbs, favourite bartender buddies, quite open really he’s very flexible and he’s been back in town a couple of years so there’s numerous possibilities.

[meghanhalpin]

The Creative Process

Entrepreneurship; digital assets. Icons and the website that houses them. Made by Elvis, lil bby gameboys. Lots of rounded lines, thick strokes, exaggerated highlights and shadows. Simple colour palettes. (Watch 2001: A Space Odyssey) flatguitarsdotcom David Navarro; show Taylor

Today;

Recap

Rituals of preparation

Third thing

Fourth thing

Love and skill and zeitgeist = where you feel the most alive. (Venn diagram)

RECAP A Technique for Producing Ideas By James Webb Young <- READ THIS

Gathering the raw materials for a project; the future belongs to the curious. Experience new things. Be a curious octopus. Jessica Hische; let yourself be inspired by everything else that isn’t design. "Spend time falling in love with things that aren’t design.”

Digesting the new material. Think about it, experience it. You need to understand the content you’re designing for, or it won’t make sense to the people consuming it. Type things up, sketch them out. Develop your own understanding, digest the material.

Unconscious processing. Make no effort of a direct nature!! Sleep on it, do something different.

The A-Ha Moment. (A myth?) serendipitous, out of nowhere an idea will appear.

Idea Meets Reality. The cold, grey dawn of the morning after. Making the thing and showing it to other people. Validation.

RITUALS OF PREPARATION. Aristotle talked about how excellence is a habit not an act. Stravinsky played a Bach every morning before he started. Stefan and his year sabbatical every seven years. You need to find your own creative habit. You need a creative environment that is habit forming. Distractions and fears; trepidations before starting a new project. Just! Get! Started! Fears; people will laugh at me, someone has done it before, I have nothing to say or make (IRRELEVANT), I will upset someone I love, once executed, the idea will not be as good as it was in my mind. Just wise UP. Keep refining it.

Bible; nothing new under the sun.

Use creative triggers; watching a movie? Steven Universe. Stephen King has his water or tea, sits down between 8am and 8:30am, has his vitamin pill, music, sit in the same seat and have the papers all arranged. Everything is in its right place. ROUTINE.

ESTABLISH HARD EDGES TO YOUR DAY. Routine is so important.

Early steps; do your research, ideas, ideas, ideas! Get up and get out! Nurture your ideas. Scratching; formulating your ideas etc etc. Where do you get your ideas? Everywhere! A lot of ideas will come from things that interest you. Looking at mentors and heroes, they will inspire you!! Harry Beck designed the underground tube maps. He was actually and electrical engineer. It’s important to look at other people’s work: not to condone plagiarism. It can be worthwhile copying a piece to understand how it was created. Reading. Read everything man. Condition your brain.

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” - Mark Twain. Plan for success! Scaffolding bro.

PERFECTION IS A KILLER. Finished, not perfect. Things don’t have to be flawless before you can go for feedback. Feedback is so important.

Inspiration vs imitation. It’s okay to copy people’s work; using pieces to practice and develop understanding of techniques etc. Master - apprentice. Rinse and Repeat. Focus on learning the skill as opposed to focusing on the actual creating. Focused copying. Break things apart, analyse them and recreate. When you focus on icons and deconstruct them you build an understanding. Not everything you make should be on the internet. Don’t insta someone else’s work. It can go on your blog ofc.

Diversify your inspiration. History is important. Train your eye. Identify other people’s work. Immerse yourself in inspiration. Everybody knows everybody and that’s why you can’t make derivative works. Just because it’s easy doesn’t mean it’s ethical. Plagiarism is illegal. Just because something isn’t illegal doesn’t mean it’s ethical.

When you create something original, it gives you so much pride. Give birth to the idea, nurture it and send it out into the world.

Mind mapping is a very useful tool when it comes to figuring out ideas. Simple; start out with a word, ten lines outward and go from there. Use word association to generate ideas! Finding illogical connections. Make a new idea. Unrelated things and put them together.

What is your skillset? Focus on that to keep on top of the project.

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” -Samuel Beckett. GIVE YOURSELF A SECOND CHANCE.

Tobias Van Schneider; Perfectionism Ruined my Productivity. Just do your fuckin blog ffs.

RERUN OF DELIVERABLES

Digital Product and Promotional Website (60%)

Research, Discovery and Supporting Sketches (40%)

TASKS

Setup Blog Please

Immerse Yourself in More Icons

Complete a Mind Map to get an idea

Master apprentice - One Icon

[seanwomersley]

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