Post by emily kate welsh on Apr 13, 2012 14:08:03 GMT -5
[/justify]EMILY KATE WELSH
Try a little harder…you’ve got to measure up and make me prouder.
| B A S I C S |
Name Emily Kate Welsh
Nicknames Em, Emma
PB Shailene Woodley
Age 17
Sex Female
Year Freshman
Major Photography
Minor Art History
Occupation Work-study student in library
Hometown Warwick, Rhode Island| P E R S O N A L I T Y |
The first thing people say about Emily when they meet her is that she is “really quiet”. She is more of an observer than a participant in social situations, and she is very shy. She is a perfectionist and very critical of herself, and she does not take compliments well; she finds them uncomfortable and unsettling. Emily is a bit emotional and cries easily. Her feelings are often bruised unintentionally and she will not speak up and say her feelings are hurt when she is insulted.
Emily lives and breathes photography. She is never more comfortable and confident than when she is behind a camera, capturing the world through her lenses. She would much rather take pictures of the world than actually participate in it. Emily’s parents (mostly her father) believe that photography is a waste of time and therefore do not speak to her. She seeks to please them and everyone she comes into contact with. She hates it when people are mad at her and will beat herself up over people who do not accept her.
When it comes to interacting with others, Emily is a loyal friend. She grows close to a select few people not because she is picky, but because she is so shy. Once she trusts a person, she becomes quite the chatterbox and tries to offer advice whenever asked. She tries to be honest while sparing feelings, but of course this does not always pan out. Emily has never had a boyfriend, and aside from her family, she has never really spoken to one. Males tend to frighten her and she becomes quite speechless and jumpy around them.
Emily is a bit of a prude and she can be pretty naive. She has never really had experience with homosexuals, save for the random gay male in an art class. She is a virgin and in unnerved by any talk about sex. She grew up around people who had the same political, religious, and social views as her family. Because she has had no experience with people who are overly different from her, she has no formed opinion of them. That being said, she tends to believe what others tell her about issues she has no knowledge of.
Emily loves photographing people without them knowing it, in their natural environments. She tries to capture raw emotion and love of life, and will often snap pictures of people from a distance. Ironically, she absolutely detests having her photograph taken and does not think she is photogenic. She will avoid being photographed at all costs.
Strengths: Responsible. Emily is extremely responsible for her age. She makes sure she knows and follows the rules, and she always tries to be prepared for anything that would come her way.
Discreet. Emily knows how to keep her mouth shut, period. From a very young age she was taught that great care must be taken to keep things quiet, and she lives up to that expectation as much as possible.
Loyal. Emily is loyal to her friends, almost to a fault. She can always be counted on to support and defend someone, and this can get her in trouble when they do not exactly deserve it.
Weaknesses: Anxious. Emily is extremely anxious. She always has the worst-case scenario in the back of her mind and this tends to drive her decisions, making her overly cautious.
People-pleaser. Emily hates confrontation and will bend over backwards to keep someone from being cross with her. She also has a tendency to run from or avoid issues.
Perfectionist. Emily is never satisfied with her performance or work. She has a hard time believing she is doing everything she needs to be to succeed, and will always push herself further to make her work perfect.
Indecisive. Emily is indecisive and tends to rely on her friends and others around her to make decisions rather than making them on her own. She tries to discern her own wants and needs amongst the advice, but she tends to rely too much on other people to decide for her.
Likes: Photography, sunsets, daydreaming, reading, learning, rain
Dislikes: Large crowds, confrontation, being photographed, being complimented, public speaking, men
| H I S T O R Y |
Edward and Victoria Welsh met at the country club their parents were a part of in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Their parents decided the two would be a good match, and four years later they were married. Edward began his graduate work in law at Yale University, while Victoria chose some part-time work in hospitals, utilizing her nursing degree. Five years later Edward graduated and moved his household to Rhode Island to take a stab at politics. He ran in his first election as city council member, and won by a landslide. He was in his second term as mayor of Warwick, RI by the time the couple’s first child, James, was born.
Eight years after James, Emily was born, and the two siblings became very close despite their large age difference. Edward was a representative in the United States House of Representatives by the time of his daughter’s arrival, and the family had settled in the small town of Coventry, Rhode Island. Emily and James attended prestigious private schools in Warwick, half an hour away from Coventry. Both children excelled in school, and were seen as the all-American children…much to the delight of their father, who firmly believed his family’s image boosted his political image.
When James was twelve years old and Emily five, Edward was elected into the United States Senate, and the pressure to be perfect mounted. James was a straight A student and captain of both the football and soccer teams. He graduated as valedictorian, and began to fulfill his parents’ dream of becoming a doctor by enrolling in the esteemed Harvard University. Now age twenty-five, James is engaged to the daughter of another New England senator and is in his fourth and final year of medical school at Harvard. He is specializing in internal medicine and will begin his residency at Johns Hopkins.
Emily also kept straight As from kindergarten to twelfth grade. She began swimming and gymnastic lessons at age three, and her parents added flute and tennis lessons when she was seven. Although she diligently practiced and perfected all of these, Emily’s heart was taken with none of them. She was required to take an art class in sixth grade, and walked into a photography class without realizing she would come to love it with every fiber of her being. Her parents severely disapproved of her newfound love, but she continued to pursue it. She was so enraptured by photography that she strived to graduate early and move to college as soon as possible. She then set her sights on a school that seemed a lifetime away—Orange Island University.
She decided her goal was to graduate with a degree in photography and art history from the school and began the daunting task of convincing her parents, who believed that girls needed to become nurses or teachers. They chose to believe that this was just a phase and paid no mind, but Emily’s mind was made up. In desperation to win her parents’ approval, Emily began throwing herself into her art classes harder than ever, determined to be the perfect artist she thought they wanted. She graduated as valedictorian a year early with a full ride scholarship to the school, and an offer for work study. Still Edward refused to accept his daughter’s future plans. He insisted that art was no future and that Emily had a very, very slim chance of succeeding. However, he agreed to let her go, but not pay for anything.
Now Emily is entering her freshman year at Orange Island without her father’s belief in her abilities, without her mother’s support, but with big dreams of finally being a professional photographer—and finally reaching her father’s expectations of perfection.| A P P E A R A N C E |
Emily is on the thinner side, with short legs. At 5’, she tends to be several inches shorter than most everyone. She does not have much in the way of curves, and she is fairly flat chested. She walks with short, quick steps, and always seems like she is scurrying.
Not much for fashion, Emily is usually in a t-shirt and jeans. She wears almost no makeup at all because she feels awkward with it on, and will usually just put on a little lip balm or gloss. She has simple studs in her pierced ears, and always wears a silver chain with a small silver bird charm. Other than the necklace and studs, Emily rarely wears jewelry.
Emily’s straight, long brown hair is rarely ever seen out of a ponytail. She hates the feeling of it on her neck and prefers to have it pulled back and out of her way. She usually has some stray pieces falling in her hazel eyes, and she almost constantly pushes them out of the way. Emily always has at least one hair tie around her wrist, as her thick hair tends to fall out of its ponytail and require a second elastic. When she spends a lot of time out in the sun, her hair becomes lighter and closer to a dirty blonde, and a light dusting of freckles appear across her nose. Thanks to her parents’ English and Welsh heritage, Emily gets sunburned quite easily. She nearly always smells of sunscreen when outside.
| E X T R A S |
-Emily is a wuss <3
-Emily hates "insides". If you even say words such as "blood" or "vein" around her, she will cringe. If it's severe enough, she will pass out.| S K I L L S |
*ignores*
| P L A Y E R |
Name Krysti
Age >>
Gender Female
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