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lefthandedgeniusPlayer's Name: Princess Cupcake
Are you over 16? Yes
Characters Played Here: N/A
Character: Lydia Martin
Series/Canon: Teen Wolf
From When? Season 3B Finale
History: Lydia Martin at the Teen Wolf Wiki, Lydia Martin at Wikipedia
Personality: Lydia is one of the most popular girls in Beacon Hills High School. She comes from a rich family, only wears the best clothes, and would seem to have her pick of the guys at her school. Lydia is a "queen bee" when it comes to social maneuvering; she presents a facade of being superficial and thoughtless. Status is important to her, because without status in high school you are nothing. Friends, particularly female friends, are often picked at least initially to keep competition close at hand and under a watchful eye. Lydia is also a bit of a man-eater and certainly an unapologetic admirer of the male form.
Dig a little deeper, and something more substantial is presented. Get past the superficial bullshit, and a surprising sense of loyalty is revealed. Her association with Allison started off as a way to keep the new girl subordinate, and eventually grew into a true friendship, one that involves Lydia being willing to put herself into risky situations at worst and inconvenient ones at best to help Allison out. Likewise, when Lydia falls in love she isn't fickle about it. She dedicates her whole heart when she falls in love, telling Jackson even though she should hate him for all he's put her through, she still loves him. At the same time Lydia refuses to be victim to her own emotions, and when Jackson moves away to London she is able to look past his leaving and pursue other romantic interests. But when Lydia's involved, she's extremely invested. Even though she won't openly admit it, the core group that has Lydia's loyalty by Season 3 effectively includes Allison, Scott, and Stiles and expands from there in lessening degrees to other associates.
An important note about Lydia's personality is specifically in regard to her intelligence; her IQ test has her statted at 170. She has previously taken great pains to hide it from her classmates, having previously even opted to deliberately fail tests in order to maintain her social face. But Lydia can be counted on to have an expansive knowledge of everything from archaic languages to chemistry recipes right out of the Anarchist's Cookbook. A
At her core, Lydia is a lot like most teenagers. She presents a confident facade, but is also just as scared and alone inside as young adults tend to be. Her parents are distant, she keeps constantly getting exposed to death and danger; and let's face it, her friends? They are not exactly average or normal. Even Allison, while entirely human, was in her own way something special. Lydia and the people around her have been trying to figure out for a long time exactly what she's become since being bitten; it's only recently that she's been told what it is: a banshee. She has only really started to understand what she's capable of and proactively use her abilities.
It would be very easy to say that Lydia went from a spoiled, shallow girl to a more substantial, developed person who cares about the people around over the course of seasons one through three. She has been accustomed, most of her life, to getting what she wants and accomplishing her goals with very little trouble or struggle. But it's not like she's made some kind of moral heel turn. Quite simply? The stakes have gotten higher, and that means investing more. Interestingly enough, her willingness to be more empathic and relatable to others (but still always in "Lydia" fashion) was Allison. Allison's connection to Scott, who's connected Stiles, both were connected to Jackson, who in turn had always been connected to her, and so on. As the circle got wider, it Lydia's willingness to associate with these people and developing friendships that has brought her to where she is today.
Of course, at the crux of all of this is Lydia and her relationship to the supernatural world. From the very first time Lydia laid eyes on the Alpha Werewolf (who was of course Peter Hale), her life changed forever. When Peter attacks her after the semi-formal, it's not just the potential supernatural changes in Lydia that are important, but the way she feels about herself and sees the world. For the first time in her life, Lydia is a victim, and while most people who endure trauma can heal and move on with their lives, Peter continues to purposefully haunt her in order to control her into helping him resurrect, and Lydia's hallucinations and hysterics are something few, if anybody understands. Lydia begins to understand what it feels like to be an outsider. But when he uses her to come back from the dead, that's when she seems to come to the realization about how little world is anything she actually has any control over. It would be fair to say that Lydia is violated on a supernatural, spiritual level by Peter Hale, and while it makes her a person who is more receptive to the pain and hurt of others, for a long time she pushes away her own. Findingthe balance between her anger and fear of Peter with the need to heal and move on has been difficult, but for Lydia, not impossible. She's had to deal with him since then for a variety of reasons, avoiding direct confrontation without others to watch her back.
Lydia's own powers in relation to her personal growth are worth mentioning here. Lydia is not someone who likes to be out of control of her faculties, and as her powers have grown, she has continually been exposed to death and horror. Over the course of the seasons Lydia has gone from simply being a slave to her abilities and processing them with a sense of helplessness, to gaining an objective regard for them (even when not understanding exactly what they were or what they've made for her) until finally, in the Season 3 episode "The Girl Who Knew Too Much" Lydia comes full circle and commits to the use of her powers, and in doing so has a moment with Scott in which her empathy comes full circle. She connects with him, they have a moment, and a shared dedication to something bigger than just themselves. For Scott this moment of virtue is something we expect of him as a hero, but for Lydia, this is a game changer. And it's only after she commits to utilizing her power that Lydia gains some kind of knowledge of what exactly is her true supernatural nature. But of course, unsurprisingly, the knowledge also comes with a price. As she begins to understand her powers she begins to work with them more proactively. Her tether to Stiles allows her to hear him when he sleepwalks into the coyote den, to find him after he collapses once leaving Ichen House. It also leads her to sense the oncoming death of Alison Argent, though she does not realize it's her best friend's death that she has foretold until it actually happens.
Why do you think your character would work in this setting? Lydia is an accidental import, brought in via the karmic tether she shares with Stiles. She works for the game for a number of reasons; first and foremost, her "pack", ie Scott and Stiles, are there, and she has a vested interest in getting rid of the nogitsune. Outside of her immediate circle, Lydia's brilliance and great love of astrophysics will incline her to take advantage of the great scientific minds in New Dodge that she'll be able to learn from.
Inventory: Lydia has her beloved Chloe Marcie handbag with her when she arrives in New Dodge. Inside her bag are the following items:
An AT&T Sharp FX Smart Phone and its charger.
A copy of "Thermodynamic Asymmetry in Time".
Two spiral bound notebooks and a couple of pens.
Her keys (for house and car, one of her dog Prada's old dog tags is attached).
A smaller makeup bag that includes foundation, blush, shadow, eyeliner, mascara, etc.
Her wallet with ID, credit cards, about $60 cash and a few pictures.
Samples:
Third-Person Sample: From the Boomtown Test Drive Meme.
First-Person Sample:
Allison,
I'm not the person I was when we first met. In fact, when I think about who I am now and who I was back then, I feel like I'm looking at stranger.
I'm not going to lie, everything involved in becoming a banshee has a lot to do with it. Everybody thinking I was crazy. How much I was kept in the dark through everything. But when I needed to be strong, I knew that I only had to look at you and realize that I could be as strong on the inside as you were, inside and out. I never held a crossbow, but because of you, I could look Peter Hale in the eye.
You always stood by me. Even when you kept things from me in order to keep me safe. Maybe on some level I'm angry about that, but there are so many more important things to be angry about, not the least of which is the fact that you're no longer here.
You're dead. I thought I'd done enough to stop it. I knew death was coming...I could hear it in the whispers of the other banshees, I could feel it in my gut. I did what I could to send you the message. I should have known that despite my message, despite my warning, you'd come anyway.
You came, and so did the others, because it was me. Isn't that the truth? And you died. You died, and I'm part of the reason why.
I'm sorry, Allison. I wasn't strong enough. I failed you, you're dead, and I wasn't strong enough.
It's too late now, but I want to make you a promise. Can you hear me? I hope if banshees can hear the dead, maybe the dead can hear us. I hope you can hear me.
I'm sorry. I wasn't strong enough. But I'm going to make you a promise: for you, because of you, from now on I will be.
I miss you.
Lydia
Are you over 16? Yes
Characters Played Here: N/A
Character: Lydia Martin
Series/Canon: Teen Wolf
From When? Season 3B Finale
History: Lydia Martin at the Teen Wolf Wiki, Lydia Martin at Wikipedia
Personality: Lydia is one of the most popular girls in Beacon Hills High School. She comes from a rich family, only wears the best clothes, and would seem to have her pick of the guys at her school. Lydia is a "queen bee" when it comes to social maneuvering; she presents a facade of being superficial and thoughtless. Status is important to her, because without status in high school you are nothing. Friends, particularly female friends, are often picked at least initially to keep competition close at hand and under a watchful eye. Lydia is also a bit of a man-eater and certainly an unapologetic admirer of the male form.
Dig a little deeper, and something more substantial is presented. Get past the superficial bullshit, and a surprising sense of loyalty is revealed. Her association with Allison started off as a way to keep the new girl subordinate, and eventually grew into a true friendship, one that involves Lydia being willing to put herself into risky situations at worst and inconvenient ones at best to help Allison out. Likewise, when Lydia falls in love she isn't fickle about it. She dedicates her whole heart when she falls in love, telling Jackson even though she should hate him for all he's put her through, she still loves him. At the same time Lydia refuses to be victim to her own emotions, and when Jackson moves away to London she is able to look past his leaving and pursue other romantic interests. But when Lydia's involved, she's extremely invested. Even though she won't openly admit it, the core group that has Lydia's loyalty by Season 3 effectively includes Allison, Scott, and Stiles and expands from there in lessening degrees to other associates.
An important note about Lydia's personality is specifically in regard to her intelligence; her IQ test has her statted at 170. She has previously taken great pains to hide it from her classmates, having previously even opted to deliberately fail tests in order to maintain her social face. But Lydia can be counted on to have an expansive knowledge of everything from archaic languages to chemistry recipes right out of the Anarchist's Cookbook. A
At her core, Lydia is a lot like most teenagers. She presents a confident facade, but is also just as scared and alone inside as young adults tend to be. Her parents are distant, she keeps constantly getting exposed to death and danger; and let's face it, her friends? They are not exactly average or normal. Even Allison, while entirely human, was in her own way something special. Lydia and the people around her have been trying to figure out for a long time exactly what she's become since being bitten; it's only recently that she's been told what it is: a banshee. She has only really started to understand what she's capable of and proactively use her abilities.
It would be very easy to say that Lydia went from a spoiled, shallow girl to a more substantial, developed person who cares about the people around over the course of seasons one through three. She has been accustomed, most of her life, to getting what she wants and accomplishing her goals with very little trouble or struggle. But it's not like she's made some kind of moral heel turn. Quite simply? The stakes have gotten higher, and that means investing more. Interestingly enough, her willingness to be more empathic and relatable to others (but still always in "Lydia" fashion) was Allison. Allison's connection to Scott, who's connected Stiles, both were connected to Jackson, who in turn had always been connected to her, and so on. As the circle got wider, it Lydia's willingness to associate with these people and developing friendships that has brought her to where she is today.
Of course, at the crux of all of this is Lydia and her relationship to the supernatural world. From the very first time Lydia laid eyes on the Alpha Werewolf (who was of course Peter Hale), her life changed forever. When Peter attacks her after the semi-formal, it's not just the potential supernatural changes in Lydia that are important, but the way she feels about herself and sees the world. For the first time in her life, Lydia is a victim, and while most people who endure trauma can heal and move on with their lives, Peter continues to purposefully haunt her in order to control her into helping him resurrect, and Lydia's hallucinations and hysterics are something few, if anybody understands. Lydia begins to understand what it feels like to be an outsider. But when he uses her to come back from the dead, that's when she seems to come to the realization about how little world is anything she actually has any control over. It would be fair to say that Lydia is violated on a supernatural, spiritual level by Peter Hale, and while it makes her a person who is more receptive to the pain and hurt of others, for a long time she pushes away her own. Findingthe balance between her anger and fear of Peter with the need to heal and move on has been difficult, but for Lydia, not impossible. She's had to deal with him since then for a variety of reasons, avoiding direct confrontation without others to watch her back.
Lydia's own powers in relation to her personal growth are worth mentioning here. Lydia is not someone who likes to be out of control of her faculties, and as her powers have grown, she has continually been exposed to death and horror. Over the course of the seasons Lydia has gone from simply being a slave to her abilities and processing them with a sense of helplessness, to gaining an objective regard for them (even when not understanding exactly what they were or what they've made for her) until finally, in the Season 3 episode "The Girl Who Knew Too Much" Lydia comes full circle and commits to the use of her powers, and in doing so has a moment with Scott in which her empathy comes full circle. She connects with him, they have a moment, and a shared dedication to something bigger than just themselves. For Scott this moment of virtue is something we expect of him as a hero, but for Lydia, this is a game changer. And it's only after she commits to utilizing her power that Lydia gains some kind of knowledge of what exactly is her true supernatural nature. But of course, unsurprisingly, the knowledge also comes with a price. As she begins to understand her powers she begins to work with them more proactively. Her tether to Stiles allows her to hear him when he sleepwalks into the coyote den, to find him after he collapses once leaving Ichen House. It also leads her to sense the oncoming death of Alison Argent, though she does not realize it's her best friend's death that she has foretold until it actually happens.
Why do you think your character would work in this setting? Lydia is an accidental import, brought in via the karmic tether she shares with Stiles. She works for the game for a number of reasons; first and foremost, her "pack", ie Scott and Stiles, are there, and she has a vested interest in getting rid of the nogitsune. Outside of her immediate circle, Lydia's brilliance and great love of astrophysics will incline her to take advantage of the great scientific minds in New Dodge that she'll be able to learn from.
Inventory: Lydia has her beloved Chloe Marcie handbag with her when she arrives in New Dodge. Inside her bag are the following items:
An AT&T Sharp FX Smart Phone and its charger.
A copy of "Thermodynamic Asymmetry in Time".
Two spiral bound notebooks and a couple of pens.
Her keys (for house and car, one of her dog Prada's old dog tags is attached).
A smaller makeup bag that includes foundation, blush, shadow, eyeliner, mascara, etc.
Her wallet with ID, credit cards, about $60 cash and a few pictures.
Samples:
Third-Person Sample: From the Boomtown Test Drive Meme.
First-Person Sample:
Allison,
I'm not the person I was when we first met. In fact, when I think about who I am now and who I was back then, I feel like I'm looking at stranger.
I'm not going to lie, everything involved in becoming a banshee has a lot to do with it. Everybody thinking I was crazy. How much I was kept in the dark through everything. But when I needed to be strong, I knew that I only had to look at you and realize that I could be as strong on the inside as you were, inside and out. I never held a crossbow, but because of you, I could look Peter Hale in the eye.
You always stood by me. Even when you kept things from me in order to keep me safe. Maybe on some level I'm angry about that, but there are so many more important things to be angry about, not the least of which is the fact that you're no longer here.
You're dead. I thought I'd done enough to stop it. I knew death was coming...I could hear it in the whispers of the other banshees, I could feel it in my gut. I did what I could to send you the message. I should have known that despite my message, despite my warning, you'd come anyway.
You came, and so did the others, because it was me. Isn't that the truth? And you died. You died, and I'm part of the reason why.
I'm sorry, Allison. I wasn't strong enough. I failed you, you're dead, and I wasn't strong enough.
It's too late now, but I want to make you a promise. Can you hear me? I hope if banshees can hear the dead, maybe the dead can hear us. I hope you can hear me.
I'm sorry. I wasn't strong enough. But I'm going to make you a promise: for you, because of you, from now on I will be.
I miss you.
Lydia
