Character Name: Zoe Alexandria Levitt
Body and Appearance
1. Describe the character's height and build. Is she heavyset, thin, short, rangy? Zoe is thin with curves in the right places and average height.
2. How old is she? Sixteen
3. Describe her posture. Does she carry herself well or does she slouch? Zoe usually carries herself with great posture and confidence but there are times when she slouches
4. How is her health? Is she fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities? Other than being allergic to Peanuts and Bananas, Zoe is in perfect health for a girl of her age and is in great shape, playing Lacrosse to keep herself fit.
5. How does she move? Is she clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid? Generally, Zoe is graceful and fluid but she does have her clumsy moments (though most just chalk that up to her trying to be funny and falling on purpose.)
6. How attractive is this character physically? How does she perceive herself in the mirror? While other may regard her as attractive with a sort of natural beauty Zoe is very much a tomboy who doesn’t care for her appearance and finds herself to be less than gorgeous. She is double-jointed and ambidextrous.
7. Describe her complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred? Zoe has a tanned complexion but it isn’t all that dark.
8. Describe her hair: color, texture, style. Her hair is dark brown, wavy (unless straightened), and she usually wears it down or in a pony tail.
9. What color are her eyes? She has chocolate brown eyes.
10. Does the character have any other noteworthy features? She does not.
11. What are her chief tension centers? Usually, her shoulders and lower back.
12. What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does she have six of the same suit? Zoe dresses only casual, at her age she has no need to dress up and even if she were older she probably wouldn’t dress up unless entirely necessary. The colors vary though mostly she wears brighter colors and neutrals more so than pastels, her wardrobe is very varied but she had a few favorite items she wears more often than everything else.
13. Do her clothes fit well? Does she seem comfortable in them? She’s very comfortable in her clothes she wears the occasional form-fitting clothes but she tends to wear stuff that she’s comfortable in. She’ll only dress up if entirely necessary. And if she’s wearing a dress there’s probably shorts under it.
14. Does she dress the same on the job as she does in her free time? If not, what are the differences? She doesn’t have a job and she dresses the same for school and not school!
15. You knew it was coming: Boxers, briefs or commando? boy-cut panties or just plain bikini cut.
Speech
1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse? She can make her voice sound high-pitched but generally it’s deep and slightly hoarse from time to time.
2. How does she normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does she talk easily, or does she hesitate? She normally talks loud and evenly (maybe a little on the slow side) but she never hesitates and is very quick on her feet, talking easily.
3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics? Normally she doesn’t really have an accent or a particular dialect, though she might drop the g on an ing word here and there.
4. What language/s does she speak, and with how much fluency? Only English
5. Does she switch languages or dialects in certain situations? For laughs she will attempt any dialect but she can only make fun of Spanish with things like “yo tengo un gato in mis pantalones”
6. Is she a good impromptu speaker, or does she have to think about her words? She’s a very good impromptu speaker and is very good at making up fibs and lies.
7. Is she eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change? Zoe is a very eloquent speaker and is by no means inarticulate but if she finds herself in a situation where she is very frightened or something like that it is possible to change.
Mental and Emotional
1. How intelligent is this character? Is she book-smart or street-smart? While her school grades might not reflect it, Zoe is both book-smart (to a point) and street-smart.
2. Does she think on her feet, or does she need time to deliberate? She’s very good at thinking on her feet but there are occasions where she prefers to take her time and think things over.
3. Describe the character's thought process. Is she more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical? While she has the capacity to be logical, she tends to be more intuitive and is usually practical over idealistic but there’s always room for her to switch.
4. What kind of education has the character had? She’s in her junior year of high school.
5. What are her areas of expertise? What, if anything, is she interested in learning more about? Her area of expertise is science and pranks which she usually ties together.
6. Is she an introvert or an extrovert? She plays it off like she’s an extrovert but she really keeps a lot to herself.
7. Describe the character's temperament. Is she even-tempered or does she have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven? Zoe is very hard to figure out when it comes to her temperament. She gives off this air of being lazy and laid back but when it comes to her pranks she’s always driven in her quest to try and perfect them. She usually appears to be cheerful but she can definitely have her melancholy moments which have a lot to do with her low self-esteem in the looks department.
8. How does she respond to new people or situations? Is she suspicious, relaxed, timid, enthusiastic? She’s usually relaxed and enthusiastic around new people and situations, though there are exceptions.
9. Is she more likely to act, or to react? She’s very balanced in she likes to act first but she can just as easily react.
10. Which is her default: fight or flight? She’ll stay and fight but if she knows that it’s better to flee and plot, she’ll try her best to go with that option.
11. Describe the character's sense of humor. Does she appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks? All of the above. Zoe prides herself as queen of the pranksters. A real trickster, prankster and jester.
12. Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how does she deal with them? She does not.
13. What moments in this character's life have defined her as a person? Her first time seeing a very good comedy movie is what defined who and what she wanted to be and knowing she had the, albeit reluctant, support of her parents to do what she wanted with her life.
14. What does she fear? Her one true fear is to wake up one day to a world full of people who lacked senses of humor
15. What are her hopes or aspirations? She hopes and aspires to one day open up her own joke shop with joke items and books of her own making.
16. What is something she doesn't want anyone to find out about her? That despite the air of confidence she’s really rather insecure. That and she used to be in beauty pageants (it would totally tarnish her rep.).
Relationships
1. Describe this character's relationship with her parents. Zoe has an average to good relationship with her parents. She tends to get into trouble and not get fabulous grades but her parents SEEM to be forgiving and love her for who she is.
2. Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like? She has three brothers. She’s protective of her younger brother while still trying to pull a bunch of pranks on him (her saying has always been “I’m the only one who can pick on him”), her two older brothers are very protective of her though they tend to hang back now that they realize that she’s perfectly capable of taking care of herself and that other boys seem to only be interested in being her friend and nothing more (we’ll see how long that lasts). Zoe tries her best to lay the pranks on them but they can usually see them coming.
3. Are there other blood relatives to whom she is close? Are there ones she can't stand? She doesn’t really have much of a connection with any other blood relatives except maybe her grandparents. She loves them and they don’t seem to have any problems with her from what she can tell. (Lord knows they talk behind her back but what grandparents don’t.)
4. Are there other, unrelated people whom she considers part of her family? What are her relationships with them? As of right now? No.
5. Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet? Zoe doesn’t really have a best friend.
6. Does she have other close friends? Or any close friends but she the majority of her friends are boys.
7. Does she make friends easily, or does she have trouble getting along with people? Zoe has no trouble getting along with people but she’s not really the sappy type so she doesn’t have anyone close enough to know her as well as she knows herself.
8. Which does she consider more important: family or friends? Family because none of her friends are close enough to be all that important to her.
9. Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Has she been married more than once? Single.
10. Is she currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse? No.
11. Who was her first crush? Who is her latest? N/A
12. What does she look for in a romantic partner? She’s never really considered it but the only deciding factor that she’d really care about is sense of humor. If they don’t have one they can fuck right off.
13. Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how does she relate to them? If no, does she want any? No.
14. Does she have any rivals or enemies? N/A
15. What is the character's sexual orientation? Where does she fall on the
Kinsey scale? Zoe is a virgin and she’s never really found herself attracted to anyone but she’d fall at a 1. She’s hetero but can appreciate the beauty of other females.
16. How does she feel about sex? How important is it to her? She’s never had it and it’s pretty unimportant because she’s never experienced it or wanted to experience it. She does use it in her humor, though.
17. What are her turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits? N/A
Beliefs
1. Do you know your character's astrological (
zodiac of
choice) sign? How well does she fit type? Zoe is Pisces and she doesn’t really fit the bill for her astrological sign seeing as she’d rather work alone than in a team on most endeavors except for Lacrosse.
2. Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in her life? Neither, not all that important.
3. Does this character have a personal code of morals or ethics? If so, how did that begin? What would it take to compromise it? Zoe hasn’t really formed her own code of morals yet but it’s not unlikely for it to happen.
4. How does she regard beliefs that differ from hers? Is she tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent? She’s tolerant of other beliefs because she doesn’t really have a set of her own yet but if something strikes her as wrong she won’t agree with it.
5. What prejudices does she hold? Are they irrational or does she have a good reason for them? She doesn’t hold any prejudices that can be readily gathered.yet.
Daily Life
1. What is the character's financial situation? Is she rich, poor, comfortable, in debt? She lives with her parents and they pay for most anything, she gets an allowance and is too young to be in debt. Her family isn’t poor but they aren’t super well off either.
2. What is her social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected her? Upper middle class, hasn’t changed and hasn’t affected her.
3. Where does she live? House, apartment, trailer? Is her home her castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Does she share it with others?House in good condition shared with her parents, her brothers and a few pets. Her house isn’t her castle but her room definitely is.
4. Besides the basic necessities, what does she spend her money on? Movies and things to help her enact her pranks.MP<
5. What does she do for a living? Is she good at it? Does she enjoy it, or would she rather be doing something else? Student, she’s average and she doesn’t enjoy it but dropping out wouldn’t be all that wise.
6. What are her interests or hobbies? How does she spend her free time? Pranks. She spends her free time pranking people.
7. What are her eating habits? Does she skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods? She avoids anything with peanuts or bananas because she’s allergic. She’s consumed some alcohol but she doesn’t make it a habit because she doesn’t normally hang out at parties or things like that. She doesn’t skip meals unless she’s too deep in her ‘work’ to take a break.
Associations
Which of the following do you associate with the character, or which is her favorite:
1. Color? Green
2. Smell? Popcorn
3. Time of day? Night
4. Season? Fall
5. Book? Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
6. Music? Ska
7. Place? Joke shop
8. Substance? Silly Putty
9. Plant? Venus Fly Trap
10. Animal? Hyena
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