"All the hardest, coldest people you meet were once as soft as water. And that’s the tragedy of living."
-Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You
-Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You
{ Name }
Sydney Victoria Vale
{ Nicknames/Alias }
Usually just Sydney, but sometimes Syd
{ Age }
18
{ Gender }
Female
{ Sexuality }
Heterosexual
{ Date/Place of Birth }
08/28/1996 / Boston, MA
{ Nationality }
American
{ Label }
The Head Bitch
Sydney Victoria Vale
{ Nicknames/Alias }
Usually just Sydney, but sometimes Syd
{ Age }
18
{ Gender }
Female
{ Sexuality }
Heterosexual
{ Date/Place of Birth }
08/28/1996 / Boston, MA
{ Nationality }
American
{ Label }
The Head Bitch
{ Childhood/Family Life }
Sydney's mother, Alice met her father, Hunter, while living in Boston. She visited the bar that he worked at and ended up going home with him. It was nothing more than a one night stand but two months later, she realized that she was pregnant. Sydney already had a five year old son, Samuel, at the time, but he lived in New York with her mother, Grace and father, Alan. Alice was unsure of who Samuel's father was and wasn't ready to give up her party girl lifestyle, and even after she had Sydney, she spent most of her time at posh parties and night clubs. Eleven months after Sydney was born, Alice returned to New York. About a month later, she fell off of the subway platform after a night of drinking and was killed.
Almost a year on the dot after Alice died, Sydney's grandmother lost her battle with breast cancer. This left Alan as the primary caregiver to Samuel and Sydney and although everyone encouraged him to hire a nanny to raise the kids for him, he refused. Alan played a major role in their upbringing. He was the one to make them breakfast every morning, to bring them to church on Sundays, to watch Sydney in her dance recitals and to tuck them into bed at her. Although Alan did a great job as basically a single parent to Sydney, she did miss out on having a maternal figure in her life. Because of this, Sydney began to idolize famous women and look up to them as her role models. She wanted to be the beautiful blonde girl in movies who everyone envied and wanted to be and she made it her ultimate goal to become the most popular girl in school.
{ High School Career }
Sydney has always done well in school. Not only does she strive to maintain a perfect social image, but she also works to keep a 4.0 average. She's not extremely intelligent but has various private tutors who help make sure she stays on top of her game, and when that doesn't work, she's never afraid to cheat on a test.
Sydney's mother, Alice met her father, Hunter, while living in Boston. She visited the bar that he worked at and ended up going home with him. It was nothing more than a one night stand but two months later, she realized that she was pregnant. Sydney already had a five year old son, Samuel, at the time, but he lived in New York with her mother, Grace and father, Alan. Alice was unsure of who Samuel's father was and wasn't ready to give up her party girl lifestyle, and even after she had Sydney, she spent most of her time at posh parties and night clubs. Eleven months after Sydney was born, Alice returned to New York. About a month later, she fell off of the subway platform after a night of drinking and was killed.
Almost a year on the dot after Alice died, Sydney's grandmother lost her battle with breast cancer. This left Alan as the primary caregiver to Samuel and Sydney and although everyone encouraged him to hire a nanny to raise the kids for him, he refused. Alan played a major role in their upbringing. He was the one to make them breakfast every morning, to bring them to church on Sundays, to watch Sydney in her dance recitals and to tuck them into bed at her. Although Alan did a great job as basically a single parent to Sydney, she did miss out on having a maternal figure in her life. Because of this, Sydney began to idolize famous women and look up to them as her role models. She wanted to be the beautiful blonde girl in movies who everyone envied and wanted to be and she made it her ultimate goal to become the most popular girl in school.
{ High School Career }
Sydney has always done well in school. Not only does she strive to maintain a perfect social image, but she also works to keep a 4.0 average. She's not extremely intelligent but has various private tutors who help make sure she stays on top of her game, and when that doesn't work, she's never afraid to cheat on a test.
{ Good personality traits }
Confident, expressive, assertive, helpful, protective of friends, poised, organized
{ Bad personality traits }
Petty, vindictive, vain, guarded, fake, controlling, manipulative, touchy, selfish
{ Personality }
Sydney has always been confident in herself and it's probably a major reason for why she has done so well socially. She isn't afraid to speak her mind and has no problem with public speaking, confrontations or expressing her dislike for someone or something. While she has a reputation of being a bitch, she is protective of her friends and stand by them as long as they're loyal to her. Part of this stems from the fact that she doesn't want people to bash the people she hangs out with, since she believes in the "you're judged by the company you keep" saying. However, she also truly loves her close friends and would never let anyone speak poorly of them if she can help it. The key word there is "close friends" though. Growing up in The Upper East Side, Sydney knows that it's hard to find true, genuine friends who can be trusted with everything. There are tons of social climbers, opportunists, back stabbers and fakes among the bunches of girls who attend prep schools and even though Sydney is at the top of the social charts right now, she is still somewhat cautious around some of the girls around her.
Becoming a Queen Bee hasn't been easy and Sydney has been involved in her fair share of cat fights. She says that she's too classy to ever physically fight a girl but that doesn't mean that her claws don't come out when someone insults her. Her calm and collected front seems to disappear when she's pissed off and she's known to insult people below the belt. It's not uncommon for her to start vicious rumors about girls and even guys. Even if someone only wrongs her slightly, if it gets back to Sydney when she's already in a bad mood, she'll do everything in her power to ruin that person's social reputation. Although her position at the top does give her a lot of power, it has also caused her to be somewhat paranoid. When everyone knows your name, there's always someone talking about you and Sydney always fears that someone's going to spread something about her that will cause her to lose all of her friends. With this in mind, Sydney's actions always seem to be calculated. Whether it's something as simple as inviting a weird kid to one of her parties or purposely talking to someone else's boyfriend, her actions usually serve a bigger purpose.
There are really three sides to Sydney. To the few people who she truly trusts, she's one of the best friends that they could have. She'll fight for them, support them and willingly give them advice whenever needed. The majority of people fall into her middle group of relationships. She's not best friends with them but maintains a fake, overly nice demeanor towards them until she knows whether she can trust them or not. Lastly, with those who have done her wrong, Sydney will get her revenge and then pretend that they don't exist. She'll confront them about the problem, seek social revenge and then never acknowledge them again. She's not the type of person who can trust someone who has betrayed her and rarely gives people second chances, so it's easier for her to completely ignore people who she has decided are no longer worth her time.
{ Greatest joys in life }
Her friends, being complimented, her brother, shopping sprees
{ Greatest fears }
Being kidnapped, losing all of her friends, her grandfather dying, spiders
{ Life philosophy }
Sydney focuses on being realistic. She thinks it's useless to be optimistic because when you have high expectations, things never meet them.
"This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So when the whole thing spills, you aren’t as devastated." - Emily Griffin
"You think ‘Okay, I get it, I’m prepared for the worst’, but you hold out that small hope, see, and that’s what fucks you up. That’s what kills you." - Stephen King
Confident, expressive, assertive, helpful, protective of friends, poised, organized
{ Bad personality traits }
Petty, vindictive, vain, guarded, fake, controlling, manipulative, touchy, selfish
{ Personality }
Sydney has always been confident in herself and it's probably a major reason for why she has done so well socially. She isn't afraid to speak her mind and has no problem with public speaking, confrontations or expressing her dislike for someone or something. While she has a reputation of being a bitch, she is protective of her friends and stand by them as long as they're loyal to her. Part of this stems from the fact that she doesn't want people to bash the people she hangs out with, since she believes in the "you're judged by the company you keep" saying. However, she also truly loves her close friends and would never let anyone speak poorly of them if she can help it. The key word there is "close friends" though. Growing up in The Upper East Side, Sydney knows that it's hard to find true, genuine friends who can be trusted with everything. There are tons of social climbers, opportunists, back stabbers and fakes among the bunches of girls who attend prep schools and even though Sydney is at the top of the social charts right now, she is still somewhat cautious around some of the girls around her.
Becoming a Queen Bee hasn't been easy and Sydney has been involved in her fair share of cat fights. She says that she's too classy to ever physically fight a girl but that doesn't mean that her claws don't come out when someone insults her. Her calm and collected front seems to disappear when she's pissed off and she's known to insult people below the belt. It's not uncommon for her to start vicious rumors about girls and even guys. Even if someone only wrongs her slightly, if it gets back to Sydney when she's already in a bad mood, she'll do everything in her power to ruin that person's social reputation. Although her position at the top does give her a lot of power, it has also caused her to be somewhat paranoid. When everyone knows your name, there's always someone talking about you and Sydney always fears that someone's going to spread something about her that will cause her to lose all of her friends. With this in mind, Sydney's actions always seem to be calculated. Whether it's something as simple as inviting a weird kid to one of her parties or purposely talking to someone else's boyfriend, her actions usually serve a bigger purpose.
There are really three sides to Sydney. To the few people who she truly trusts, she's one of the best friends that they could have. She'll fight for them, support them and willingly give them advice whenever needed. The majority of people fall into her middle group of relationships. She's not best friends with them but maintains a fake, overly nice demeanor towards them until she knows whether she can trust them or not. Lastly, with those who have done her wrong, Sydney will get her revenge and then pretend that they don't exist. She'll confront them about the problem, seek social revenge and then never acknowledge them again. She's not the type of person who can trust someone who has betrayed her and rarely gives people second chances, so it's easier for her to completely ignore people who she has decided are no longer worth her time.
{ Greatest joys in life }
Her friends, being complimented, her brother, shopping sprees
{ Greatest fears }
Being kidnapped, losing all of her friends, her grandfather dying, spiders
{ Life philosophy }
Sydney focuses on being realistic. She thinks it's useless to be optimistic because when you have high expectations, things never meet them.
"This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So when the whole thing spills, you aren’t as devastated." - Emily Griffin
"You think ‘Okay, I get it, I’m prepared for the worst’, but you hold out that small hope, see, and that’s what fucks you up. That’s what kills you." - Stephen King
❤Hot chocolate
❤Her dog Daisy
❤Events where she can dress nicely
❤Online shopping
❤Fashion Week
❤Tumblr
❤Disney World
✘Fast food unless she's drunk
✘Gaining weight
✘Guidos
✘Power outages
✘Cigarettes
✘Watching sporting games on TV
✘Camping/the wilderness
{ Parents }
Grandfather/Primary Guardian | Alan Vale | Age 76
Mother | Alice Vale | Died 17 years ago at Age 34
Estranged Father | Hunter Foley | Age 59
{ Siblings }
Half Brother | Samuel Vale | Age 23
Grandfather/Primary Guardian | Alan Vale | Age 76
- Alan is Sydeny's grandfather and he raised her and her brother after their mother passed away.
- She is very close with her grandfather but does take advantage of his kindness.
Mother | Alice Vale | Died 17 years ago at Age 34
- Because Sydney was only a year old when her mother died, she has no memories of her.
Estranged Father | Hunter Foley | Age 59
- Sydney met her father one time when she was six years old. Hunter's mother was dying and her last wish was to see her only granddaughter. Sydney doesn't remember any of it but knows that her grandfather and Hunter ended up getting into a physical altercation and that was the first and only time seeing him.
- Hunter resides in a suburb outside of Boston, MA. He never married or had any other children and works as a mechanic.
{ Siblings }
Half Brother | Samuel Vale | Age 23
- Sam has always been Sydney's best friend. He is extremely protective of her and although they have fun together, he does disapprove of her doing anything that's illegal or improper.
- He recently moved to Pasadena, CA to get his master's degree at Caltech.
{ Build }
Height: 5'4, Weight: 110 lbs
Sydney is fairly happy with her body. She's thin and has enough cleavage to give her curves, especially when she wears a bombshell bra. Sydney was never into sports as a child but does go jogging in the park or on a treadmill to maintain her weight. She sometimes wishes that she were a few inches taller but overall, she is okay with her form.
{ Hair Colour }
Blonde
{ Eye Colour }
Blue
{ Distinguishable Markings }
Sydney had a 2" scar on the back of her right arm from falling while intoxicated but underwent laser therapy to have it removed over the past summer. Her earlobes are pierced twice each. She has no tattoos but is considering getting a small heart tattoo on the inside of her middle finger.
{ Personal Style }
Sydney's style is usually preppy and expensive. She loves cardigans, dresses, cute flats and riding boots. She doesn't dress like a prude but thinks that outfits that are too revealing are trashy and skank-ish. She loves Lilly Pulitzer, Burberry, Chanel, Hermes, Opening Ceremony, Tom Ford and J. Crew. Her wardrobe generally depends on where she's going and what the event is. She can go from wearing a Vineyard Vines shep shirt at her Hamptons house to a Valentino dress at a dinner party.
Height: 5'4, Weight: 110 lbs
Sydney is fairly happy with her body. She's thin and has enough cleavage to give her curves, especially when she wears a bombshell bra. Sydney was never into sports as a child but does go jogging in the park or on a treadmill to maintain her weight. She sometimes wishes that she were a few inches taller but overall, she is okay with her form.
{ Hair Colour }
Blonde
{ Eye Colour }
Blue
{ Distinguishable Markings }
Sydney had a 2" scar on the back of her right arm from falling while intoxicated but underwent laser therapy to have it removed over the past summer. Her earlobes are pierced twice each. She has no tattoos but is considering getting a small heart tattoo on the inside of her middle finger.
{ Personal Style }
Sydney's style is usually preppy and expensive. She loves cardigans, dresses, cute flats and riding boots. She doesn't dress like a prude but thinks that outfits that are too revealing are trashy and skank-ish. She loves Lilly Pulitzer, Burberry, Chanel, Hermes, Opening Ceremony, Tom Ford and J. Crew. Her wardrobe generally depends on where she's going and what the event is. She can go from wearing a Vineyard Vines shep shirt at her Hamptons house to a Valentino dress at a dinner party.
