Victoria-Marie Hughes
{Nickname}
Vic {friends/family; liked}
Vikky {rare; disliked}
Tory {friends; neutral}
{Birthday}
May 16
{Age}
19
{Ethnicity}
80% French-Canadian||20% Irish
{Sexuality}
Bisexual/romantic
{"All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come." }
-Victor Hugo
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Height:
5'5"
Weight:
125
Eye Colour:
Greyish-Blue
Hair Colour:
Blonde
Body Build:
Slim
With vibrant blonde hair and a splash of freckles across the bridge of her nose, Victoria has the appearance of a care-free individual. She tends to opt for a very indie style, with plenty of leggings and over-sized sweaters and plaid shirts. She often dip-dyes the ends of her hair a slightly lighter color to give it an ombre look, but occasionally dyes it a more vibrant color. Currently it's the prior. She falls on the taller end of the average height spectrum with long, gangly limbs.
{"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face." }
-Victor Hugo
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Likes:
Thrift shops, volunteering at homeless shelters, indie movies, folk/indie music genre, comfortable over-sized sweaters, hot chocolate, chamomile tea, classic novels, sunflowers, lilies
Dislikes:
The capitalist system, the unaware, the uncaring, swimming, sprite, marigolds, house music, beer, gentrification
Strengths:
Good persuasive speaker and writer, unyielding in her beliefs, proactive, productive, empathetic
Flaws:
Overly emotional, impatient, spiteful, stubborn, preachy
Fears:
Not being taken seriously, having no impact, the future
Vic is an open person as far as honesty goes. She's not shy about her opinions and will go on angry tangents to anyone who will listen. If people can put up with that, she's also typically very amicable and gets on well with most people. She does, however, have difficulty separating politics and beliefs from the personality and character of a person, making it difficult for her to be friends with someone she disagrees with. She knows this is a flaw of hers, though, and is willing to work on it with anyone willing to put up with her occasional bouts of frustration at their thinking.
She's a very angry individual, frustrated with the problems she sees in the world and the minuscule progress being made to correct those problems. She hasn't quite come to terms with the fact that she can't fix everything immediately. The famous revolutionary from Les Miserables, Enjolras, is a character she identifies strongly with, and her copy of the book is rather worn and tattered. Being largely empathetic, she is also incredibly emotional. One of her biggest plights is the fact that she's a very "wet anger" kind of person. When she gets incredibly emotionally invested in an issue, she'll often cry when talking about it. She's trying to desensitize herself to arguing with people about the problems she believes strongly in, knowing that it's hard to take her seriously if she's crying while debating a topic. She'd rather breathe fire when she's angry than cry when she is.
Most people perceive her to be a hipster, and they wouldn't really be wrong. As far as being removed from the mainstream goes, Vic is pretty big on things out of the public eye. Her favorite movies are the low budget independent films, her favorite bands the ones not many people have heard out, and her favorite hangouts dive bars, complete with rickety stools and friendly bartenders. She can come off as a little bit pretentious, but she's always excited to share new discoveries with anyone willing to listen. Being a freshman and a little new to complete independence, she's a bit of a partier, and she's always willing to go along to one. She's not the biggest fan of overcrowded clubs with loud, pulsing electronic music though, as they tend to make her nervous.
All in all, Vic is someone who cares. Probably too much for her own good. She's joined in on protests lately, mostly focusing the wealth gap in the country and the ever growing population of those who are struggling just to cover their own food costs. After investing a lot of her time to researching the issue and spending time with the homeless and unemployed, she's grown to be a little frightened of the future, afraid of what might happen if she can't find a job now that she's refused support from her parents.
{"Initiative is doing the right thing without being told." }
-Victor Hugo
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Strangely enough, Victoria was actually born to an upper class family. As an only child born to a housewife and a hardworking business man, she was often spoiled by her parents. After all, she was their treasure, their pride and joy. For the majority of her life, she grew up behind the shield of wealth and in a cloud of ignorance. There was little she knew about the outside world, and she was perfectly content to continue to live in her small world, where everything was perfect and no one was starving.
It wasn't until she reached high school that she started becoming more aware of the world outside her life. Thanks to the internet and some controversial teachers, she started learning about common issues in the outside world. At first, she was malleable, taking anything she heard at face value. This often left her confused, as she heard many contradicting opinions in one day. Eventually she decided to simply educate herself on the matter, spending hours researching the issue. She even started to volunteer with outreach programs to get a first-hand view of the debilitating conditions faced by people living in poverty.
It didn't take long for her to get incredibly emotionally invested in the matter. She got a minimum-wage paying job in her neighborhood, determined to not use the money her parents would give her as a monthly allowance for anything other than helping those in need.
When she received a full-scholarship, she saw it as the opportunity of a lifetime. After plenty of haggling and discussion, she got her parents to agree to use the money they would have used to pay for her tuition for donations to charities instead. She's currently double-majoring in law and English with a focus on creative writing, with dreams of becoming a novelist and aspirations of becoming a capable public defender for the unjustly accused.
'Sir, can you help me?
It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep,
Is there somewhere you can tell me?'
He walks on, doesn't look back
He pretends he can't hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there
Oh think twice, it's another day for you and me in paradise
Oh think twice, 'cause it's just another day for you,
You and me in paradise, think about it
She calls out to the man on the street
He can see she's been crying
She's got blisters on the soles of her feet
She can't walk but she's trying
Oh think twice, 'cause it's another day for you and me in paradise
Oh think twice, it's just another day for you,
You and me in paradise, think about it
Oh Lord, is there nothing more anybody can do
Oh Lord, there must be something you can say
You can tell from the lines on her face
You can see that she's been there
Probably been moved on from every place
'Cause she didn't fit in there
Oh think twice, 'cause another day for you and me in paradise
Oh think twice, it's just another day for you,
You and me in paradise, just think about it, think about it
It's just another day for you and me in paradise
It's just another day for you and me in paradise, paradise
Just think about it, paradise, just think about it
Paradise, paradise, paradise
Face Claim:
Claire Holt
Dialogue Colour:
#a0b334