"Be the change you want to see in the world." || VERSES
Hello, Broadway! || hellobroadway
Tina was crushed when her relationship with Mike failed the deadly long-distance test. Where Kurt and Blaine seemed to thrive on the challenge and kept their relationship going strong through the separation, despite the fact she became Blaine's new resident fag hag in their shared senior years, Tina and Mike crashed and burned. She was so proud when he got accepted into the dance program at Yale and went off to live his dreams at an Ivy league school. It was even more of a relief for her that he went to the same school as Quinn, because then he didn't have to be alone. Tina struggled with the distance, and the lack of constant contact with Mike that she had over the years since they started dating. When it became evident towards the end of her own McKinley high school career that she was destined to end up at a college on the West Coast, they both knew with strains already on their love, they wouldn't survive another four years apart. The infamous union of Tike ended amicably and they stayed extremely close friends. She didn't want to lose him out of her life, but it set them both free for the next chapter of their future. In fact, when the news came he was dating Quinn Fabray, one of Tina's closest friends now, she was surprisingly okay with it and then happy he had found someone to connect with.
The same couldn't be said for Tina, though. She got offered a place in the Bachelor of Arts in Dance program at the Department of Dance with California State University. It was bittersweet that she and Mike both wanted to do dance, but couldn't end up in the same place. She thrived on it, however, and it was what led to her scoring a job as one of the Mulans at Disneyland. It was a dream job and it did her well throughout college to her proud graduation. But it was lonely in California, and especially when her old friend and college roomie left for New York City, gotstarpower. Mercedes had been studying music on the West Coast and they got a place together when Tina left Ohio, but with Mercedes making the big time as an upcoming soul recording artist and needing to be based in NYC, Tina felt the pinch of loneliness once again.
It was only after a trip home at Easter to visit her folks that she bumped into a face of the past, who seriously got her thinking about her past, present and future. Things took a surprising turn on that trip, and it was that friend and the time they spent together that gave her the guts to do something she always, always dreamed of - auditioning for the Radio City Rockettes, and if all goes the way of her hopes and every finger crossed, she might just well end up in NYC with the rest of the fabulous New Direction posse that have made it their home.
Sliding Moments || slidingmoments
Occupation and/or college major: Police Officer, aiming for detective hopefully in the near future
Marital status: Divorced
Current or pending significant other: None, ex-husband is Artie Abrams
Their sliding doors moment: She stayed with Artie
Significant character connections: Best friend (despite distance) to rockstarwarbler and jewhawk, brief marital fling with theundapperone
Outline of character bio and backstory as their life played out from that moment on:
Probably not in one of Tina's finest moments, she decided to give Artie a second chance after ignored her in favour of computer games the first summer after they started dating. It was against her better judgement, but her insecurities as a shy person had her settling and they continued to date throughout the rest of high school. Tina was never really happy, and found herself yearning for more. She used to watch Mike Chang and Quinn Fabray enviously once they came out as a dating, wishing she had what they had but never knowing how to find it. Instead, she felt stuck with Artie and just went along with it, even if it was clear they really had nothing in common. Before she knew it, school was over and she was unhappy. It only compounded when she applied for dance and performing arts colleges, but didn't get one audition or acceptance. She was beyond bummed and didn't know what to do with her life. All options seemed to be dried up, so when Artie proposed to her before he went off to film college in New York, she accepted and they got married in a little family only ceremony in the park in Lima and the only friends she invited were her "bridesmaids", Blaine and Puck, much to the chagrin of Artie's family.
It was that disapproval which really rang the warning bells. Not to mention when they got to New York and the marriage barely in the honeymoon phase before they were fighting. Tina was miserable and in a fit of feminist independence to prove to Artie she didn't need him to survive, she enrolled in a Criminal Justice course and joined the Police Academy. It scared her shitless, but it turned out that she thrived on it. It was almost like she was made to be a cop. She and Puck helped each other through the theory side of becoming a cop using the internet and Skype, while she kept in touch with both her friends as much as she could. It was when Blaine came to New York one weekend to visit his mom and stepfather that she finally got to meet his stepbrothers... twins, Sebastian and Jeremy Smyth. She and Jeremy hit it off, and she found herself getting drunk with him one night after a hectic day at the Academy, spilling her guts to him about how horrible her marriage was, and she ended up cheating on Artie with him. Jeremy felt terrible, but they promised to keep it a secret and never speak of it. Tina, however, was so wracked with guilt, she confessed to Blaine, who promised to keep their secret. Still, the marriage irreperable and Tina ended up filing for divorce from Artie, and they went their separate ways.
She is now a fully-qualified cop, and after working with the NYPD for a couple of years, now yearns to be a detective. But upon hearing the ordeal Blaine has gone through with his first love and her old school mate, Kurt Hummel, she's desperate to get to Miami. She has put in for a transfer via reference from Puck to go to Miami Police Department, and has been offered a chance to sit the detective exam there. But with Jeremy also in Miami, things could be interesting, or even awkward. But not enough for her not to move to the sunny shores of Miami, and to be closer to the friends she has dearly missed, one of which clearly needs all the friends he can get right now.
