Post by alyse on Mar 3, 2010 3:33:27 GMT 10
alyse astin dodgson
naïve, cuious, spacey.
[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote]Name:alyse (pronounced like ellice except a not e) astin dodgson
Nickname(s):Aly, Al
Disney Character: alice from alice in wonderland
Age: 18
Birthdate: 23 may 1991
Birthplace: Charring Cross Hospital, London, England
Orientation:Straight
Member group: reluctant hero
Education: Alyse attended public schools in England. First was a primary school in Kengsinton, London then to Rugby School in Rugby Warwickshire. (private schools are called public there). She is now in her first year at Columbia University.
Occupation: according to her father, Alyse’s only job is to make good grades. So her parents pay for everything.
When you first look at Alyse, you don’t think stunning beauty. While it is true, her look is more a deep staring contest with you. Her quirks make you want to look and see the secret in her big brown eyes. These round eyes of hers always have a twinkle in them either from happiness or the flecks of gold that seem to dot her irises. Her dark blond hair reaches to below her shoulders. Her face is carrying a smile or smirk, making her rosy cheeks pop. Alyse isn’t that tall, just 5’6”. But the girl is tiny! She only weighs about 100-110 pounds or so. You mostly see it in her legs. It’s the one place that its hard to layer like you can with tops.
Once you get past the secret in her eyes, you notice Alyse’s style of clothing. Alyse is one for trying new things. She doesn’t follow trends per se, but instead takes parts from past seasons and mixes them with what she currently owns. There is always a lot of layering and color. The more of either, the better! There are a lot of skinny jeans, tights and dresses in her closet. .
[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote]Best Feature: “I would have to say my eyes. They are just so brown! Haha, but really. Lots of people like them for some reason or another. I like how they can change the way you see the world.”
Worst Feature: “Ugh I dislike my weight! I mean I love being thin, but hearing it from people is awful. Yes, I know how skinny I am, you don’t need to tell me. I eat!”
Something Memorable: her eyes and style. People just cant turn away at times.
AAlyse is a sweet little thing. From the look of her, you would think she could do no wrong. You should never read a book by its cover, remember. Aly is instead a crazy little dreamer that can be distuctive in nature. Curiosity is her downfall in this sense. She assumes that people are good until they give you reason to think otherwise. Therefore, Alyse wants to get to know everyone which isn’t always a good thing. You meet some people with questionable morals. At least her family would think so.
Aly lives for this idea of curiosity, letting it influence her different aspects of life. It can get her into trouble, whether with people or situations. It doesn’t matter how well thought out or simple the question she wants answers to is, nothing will stop her to find the answer out. This trait has also given Al a sense of fearlessness. She does try anything once, just to see what its like. Mind you, Alyse wont try the addictive things such as heroin or meth, but a weed and pills have slipped through her lips. Al doesn’t think about the consequences of her finding answers to her curiosity.
Alyse is also kind of naïve in the ways of the world. Well she was before coming to NYC. Even at Ruby, she was protected in a sense from the outside world. Yes, she did party and have a good time. But the parties were watched and controlled even. Nothing like now. Instead her naivity has transformed into more of a spacey trait. Instead of not knowing things, she flits between ideas, always looking for the better topic. You will see Aly having converations with people then all of the sudden, she changes topics to nothing related to what they were talking about. Yes, she is smart and can follow in class, but its more forced there.
[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote]Likes:
- fashion
- art
- music
- parties
- dancing
- flowers
- her cat
- learning new things
- masks
- playing dress up
Dislikes:
- rude people
- liars
- too dark lipstick
- casanovas and wanna bes
- conformity
- trends
- silence
- early mornings
- coffee
- fake rain smell
Positive Traits: CURIOSITY—Alyse is constantly trying to learn new things. It’s a weird, but she has to know about things. Like how a car works or how the trains move to how people make hats. It sometimes gets annoying answering all the questions of the people she asks, but it kept her grades up in school.
POLITE—Aly’s parents brought their daughters up to be polite ladies in society. Which means that it has become second nature to Alyse to mind her p’s & q’s
MATURE—imagine having a sister who is 5 years older than you and acting older. In the beginning Alyse would just copy the way her sister acted, wanting to be like her. When Al herself started school, because they were public, there was an expected way to act. Add on top of that going away for secondary school. It just has come more naturally that Alyse needed to take care of herself.
WELL-MANNERED—this goes along with her polite upbringing. Manners were a thing to value and keep, showing the world you were respectful.
Negative Traits: DAYDREAMING—Aly is constantly daydreaming! Her mind easily wanders when she isn’t paying attention. She doesn’t mean to do it, but her mind goes a mile a minute and new interesting stories and ideas float in. she tries to control herself in classes but that is easier said than done.
TEMPER—Alyse has the worse temper ever. She tries to control it but sometimes its hard when people are just being hard to work with or rude. Eventually it comes out. She doesn’t yell, but rather gets hard to deal with herself.
HARD-HEADED—Alyse really cant take advice. She instead gives herself advice, good or bad. And will follow that instead.
PASSIVE-ISH—this is mostly when Aly’s temper isn’t at his highest. She would much rather deal with the really tough stuff, but not sweat the small stuff. More times than not, Alyse wont deal with things. Then the small stuff becomes big things and leads to her temper.
Most intriguing quirk(s): the way curiosity controls her life. In school, its great because it keeps her learning. But outside of school she has trouble controlling it. She always wants to be in the know and must understand things. The way this pill or that drink affects a person really influences who she will hang out with.
Greatest Ambition:to create a ‘world of her own’. She loves andy Warhol and his style of art. She would love to own her own kind of ‘factory’ like his someday.
Greatest Fear:to be lost from her family forever. She doesn’t enjoy being away from them for long and really doesn’t like that she isn’t home for christmas
Alyse was born a bright day in may. The 23rd of may to be exact. She would be a child after many years of trying for her parents Jane and Charles. They already had a daughter but felt a second child would balance out the family nicely.
Alyse was a quiet child, choosing to sit and watch rather than run and yell like many children did. Her parents never thought it was odd, her father himself choosing to people watch than run. On his days off from work the pair would walk to Hyde Park and just sit together watching the people pass by. It is easier to sit in your own thoughts together than alone, her father would always say.
At the age of five, Aly was sent to primary school. The schoolyou’re your typical primary school in South Kensington, where the Dodgsons lived. Al’s sister had was also enrolled at the school, was 10 at the time and had only a few years left. The girls always got along well enough for sisters. But because of the large age gap, it was hard on both. Alyse always wanted to be like her sister til about the age of ten. It wasn’t that she stopped liking her sister, rather Aly found other things to take inspiration from. The event that set this off was going to an exhibit on Andy Warhol. She went with her father, Charles knowing how much his daughter liked art and color. Alyse became obsessed. She loved the simplicity and yet complete process involved in making Warhol art. From that moment on, she knew fashion and art would be apart of her life.
Around that time, Alyse also started looking at private secondary schools. Her sister had attended a school in south Kensington, but LAyse wanted something different. She needed knew people, growing tired of the girls in her primary school. So, she researched schools with her mother, knowing Jane would be helpful without too much judgement. The pair applied to a few, but Rugby was always Alyse’s first choice. It was a fair distance from London and family, but not too far and family could always visit on weekends. Alyse got into 3 out of the 5 she applied. One of them was Rugby and the family couldn’t be happier. That fall, Aly moved to Rugby and said goodbye to London.
It was a change to be so far from family, but Aly learned so much. The five years at Rugby was life changing for the young girl. She learned a lot about her self, trying new things and idea that may have never been thought of at home. She also became responsible for herself. No one there was telling her what to do in a sense, and so Alyse had to discover it for herself. Aly received top marks in school, always wanting the best at what she had. This led her to top honors and head girl her final year.
You would never guess any of that if you saw her on free weekends. The girl could party with the best of them! The first on and off the dance floor, Aly was the center of fun in Rugby. She didn’t participate in anything that might have her work late on weekends, using the party as a way to free her spirit after the hard workweek. It was more of knowing whne to have fun and when to stay in line.
Her parents valued this work ethic and inspired her to apply to top schools all over the country. It was with this sense that brought her to New York. She applied to Oxford, Harvard, Yale and Columbia. Alyse knew New york would be a wonderful change from what she was use to. when she received word Columbia accepted her, she was floored. Yes she had the grades, but she had no idea thye would want her. Never caring about the other three answers (Oxford also gave acceptance) Alyse packed her bags for NYC
[/li][li]Getting into Rugby— this was her first chance to be away from her parents for a long period of time. She was actually using the ideas that they instilled in her.Best Memory: This would be a tie between when Alyse got into Rugby or Columbia. For Rugby, it was a great day. Her sister had just graduated form her all-girls secondary school in London. It was something different that her parents didn’t know was possible. They didn’t even know she applied. But for Aly, she knew she wanted the best. Rugby was a great school and could lead to great things. As for Columbia, it was another great day. None of her family had went to college outside of the UK and New York held such knowledge that Al couldn’t pass up the opportunity.
Worst Memory: (Finding out she wouldn’t be able to go home for Christmas. Her sister was to be in Glasgow with her boyfriend’s family and her parents were traveling for work. They would be able to stop to see her in New York, but it wasn’t the same as London.
Top 3 life-changing moments:
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[/li][li] Getting into Columbia— No one in her family had gone to school in America. It was an excitement for that reason, and because it was different than her sister. Aly liked having the difference, and wanted to experience something new.
[/li][li] Seeing a Warhol exhibit in London— this is what got Alyse interested in art. Without this show, Al would be a completely different person.
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Family relationships: Mr. Charles Dodgson, father, 50—these two get along really well. They are very close and very similar in personality. He works as a CEO for a top company his father started, but always makes time for his family.
Mrs. Jane (nee Bingley) Dodgson, mother, 48—Alyse and Jane are close, but not like the father daughter relationship. Aly knows her mother is there for her and can count on her. Jane runs a charity organization for children in poverty, mostly for children in Africa but other countries as well.
-- -- Dodgson, sister, 23—they have a sister relationship. With a five year age difference its hard to be close to each other, but the pair try to stay in contact when they can.
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Merlin, it was so hard to be so close to Daniel and not tell him what she was feeling. Branwen wanted Daniel to know everything she had been putting off saying. It was easy to ignore a letter and to not let it seep into your heart. But that would also be lying.
Really, that is what Bran had done, ignored the letter. She didn’t want to deal with the idea of the only person she wanted so much to be lost in Azkaban. For in that place, there was no chance of getting out. At lease that what she thought. Putting feelings down in a letter and telling Daniel that she loved him was hard. Writing it down made it real, and as a sixth year, telling a man seven years older than you that you loved them didn’t sit well with people.
Daniel offered to help her find her bat. Really, that is all she wanted for the day. Not to confess loss moments missed, but to get a new bat. Having Dan help was all the better. He knew the ins and outs of playing and the equipment needed to be the best. This is what she really loved, talking about the game with someone who wasn’t family. Besides other things about Dan, this really a great part of him.
When he said her name, Bran just kind of smiled. She liked how he said her name. but quickly her smile faded. The letter, he was apologizing for the letter. Branwen reached into her pocket and felt the worn paper under her fingers. The more he talked the more Branwen wanted to cry. She had to hold back the tears from falling.
“oh.” was all she could say at first. If all Daniel wanted to just be friends then she would support that. He was with Brooke after all and Branwen couldn’t really hope that he would want more for her. Branwen turned back to the stare at the bats. For a few moments Wenny hoped to not cry or make rash decisions.
Turning back to Daniel, Branwen sighed. She wanted to confess everything. But after being told how much he just wanted to be friends that would be odd. Yes, Bran did love him and if she could she would be with him. But with everything in their lives that would be impossible. There wasn’t a lot that could be done. Unless she just confessed everything.
Confessing everything might be better in the long run. Yes, Branwen didn’t want to lose Daniel either, but if he knew how she felt then maybe things could change. Maybe she could come visit him here more. or maybe nothing would change but he would know. Isn’t that what he did with his letter, just let Branwen know? If Dan could do it, why couldn’t Wenny?
“Since we are making confessions, I have one of my own.” Branwen turned to look into Daniel’s eyes. She could do this, and she had to. Bran needed to tell Dan so she could move on. “I’m sorry I didn’t write back. I should have. I wanted to. I was scared. I value our friendship so much, so your letter didn’t change it. But,” Branwen looked around. The Bats were in the back part of the store, but she didn’t want people to hear her. Grabbing his hand, Branwen pulled Dan closer to the back.
Merlin, did she want to kiss him. Having Dan this close made it that much harder to resist the urge. “If you just want to be friends, I understand. You are with someone else and I should and will respect that. But you need to know.” Forget it, Branwen was going to go for it. Grabbing his face, Branwen leaned in to kiss him. It was all she could do. There was nothing else she could do to express it but say the words. Pulling away, Branwen looked into Daniel’s blue eyes. “I love you too.”
I kat promise to abide by the rules of this site, and agree to tie my drama llama at the gate and be an active member of darling, it’s better.
[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote]Name:kat
Age:22
Role-playing experience:4yrs
How you found us: caution 2.0
Favorite Disney Movie: any princess or alice
