Finch's Pregame Planning Thread! (Gone Wrong)

[the finch]

New character moment! Everyone rejoices! Took a moment to also update the other profile to be more accurate so feel free to look at those too. I didn't proofread anything. Lit.

VERNON FINCH

[+] Vernon Finch

Name: Vernon Finch (first name pending but he goes by his middle name anyway so whatever)
Gender: Male

Hobbies/Interests: Cheerleading, journaling, jogging, cooking
(Member of cheer squad)

Notes
- poster child of guys named vernon finch
- half dutch half indian (marathi)
- he's also a jain, although not incredibly religious
- he does however adhere to the jain diet, meaning he is vegetarian! among other things he does not eat
- which is probably why he likes cooking
- unhealthy addiction to vegan protein powder if anyone cares
- he's a pretty nice guy a little generic but we can fix that
- eventually
- cheer team agenda
- comfortable in his masculinity what a king!!!
- straight. sorry to all the men in the world
- probably uses pinterest

Looking for
- girlfriend? heaven knows he's my only character who could pull
- cheer squad friends!
- or other friends!
- people who he won't outright throw hands with but he can side eye judgmentally
- people who won't outright throw hands with him but can side eye HIM judgmentally

[+] Relationships

CRICKETS...

MINA SOTO

[+] Mina Soto

Name: Milena "Mina" Soto
Gender: Female

Hobbies/Interests: Goth music, Gothic literature, goth fashion, music production, Tumblr
(Member of horror club)

Notes
- chronically on tumblr and to a lesser extent discord
- shy, so naturally most people she knows at her school she speaks to online
- joined horror club to talk about weird vampire movies. was probably overjoyed by nosferatu (2024)
- a nerd about the nichest fashion topics
- keeps a sketchbook of strange clothing items
- has a shitty soundcloud account under the name of mina harker soto
- goth subculture superfan, evidently
- hardcore frerard shipper
- not sorry
- mexican american, loosely catholic

Looking for
- discord friends (mostly horror club members)
- instagram friends (maybe some other people)
- people to bully her

[+] Relationships

NOTHING. BARREN. EMPTY.

LAWRENCE WILLOUGHBY

[+] Lawrence Willoughby

Name: Lawrence Willoughby
Gender: Male

Hobbies/Interests: Hiking, fishing, watching and analyzing Survivor, survival skills
(Member of outdoor rattlers)

Notes
- may go by Laurie. not even sure myself.
- grew up in vermont (treeful), obviously lives in las vegas now (not treeful)
- hiking and fishing enthusiast. not super abundant in places for that but he makes do
- read one of those "SURVIVAL GUIDE!!!" books as a kid and has been obsessed since
- survivor superfan and number one cirie fields supporter
- has probably spent more effort on survivor auditions than college apps
- sometimes annoyingly friendly / overly naive
- out of touch, rarely uses the internet except for schoolwork and to go on r/Edgic
- ridiculously into school spirit. owns a red rock rattlers hat
- not from a very wealthy family
- dead mom

Looking for
- exploration buddies!
- people who he admires (he annoys them)
- people who he admires (he does not annoy them)
- just regular friends tbh!

[+] Relationships

LONDYN MACKRED - "i pay for Internet specifically to watch this content. absolutely awesome.
OLIVIER HAWK - "love that guy. he loves me. pretty great thing we've got going on." (EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER)
SIMON SMITH - "no clue what a liminal space is but honestly i support wholeheartedly."
FLICK FRANKLIN - "please root for me when im a castaway!!"
LILY KEMP - "cool girl. could probably beat me up!"[/spoiler

ADRIENNE TSAI

[+] Adrienne Tsai

Name: Adrienne Tsai
Gender: Female

Hobbies/Interests: Music, violin, debate, TTRPG, linguistics, poetry
(Member of volleyball team (the only one LMAO), debate club, and ttrpg club)

Notes
- second gen taiwanese immigrant
- ap beast. type of kid to get a 100 on a test but it would be awkward to admit around lower scorers
- #1 sat hater
- spends too much time on A2C, probably got into cornell early action and still seems dismayed
- big fan of violin and volleyball, has been playing since she was a child
- competes in a crap ton of things but only cares about debate and that one really niche linguistics olympiad
- nice and withdrawn, if a little pretentious. she'd wave and smile to many people in passing, but has trouble creating sincere friendships
- lesbian as helll
- riot grrrl aficionado, but loves music as a whole and is a big supporter of local music acts
- absolutely despises being adrienne tsai.
- recovering from anorexia, slowly but making meaningful progress
- her mom sucks. her dad doesn't but he has been living with his own mother for a while

Looking for
- burnt out kids for solidarity
- people with similar hobbies
- academic rivals except it's not actually that serious
- people who dislike her for some reason or another
- girl to be so ridiculously in love with (unrequited and probably unreciprocated)

[+] Relationships

JASON CHASE - "thank the lord."
WADE COLTER - "don't know him well, but life goes on. a pleasure to have in class."
LUCY WU - "comes into so much clutch during group projects. we should talk more."

MIHAI DABIJA

[+] Mihai Dabija

Name: Mihai Dabija
Gender: Male

Hobbies/Interests: Rifle shooting, soccer, volunteering at the animal shelter
(Member of rifle shooting)

Notes
- romanian immigrant, moved to las vegas when he was 14
- he's got some brazilian in him too
- huge drive from his father to be "masculine." not a fan of that
- father sucks btw
- self fulfilling prophecy almost (definitely not using that right). very outwardly masculine but he's actually just a Normal human being with Emotions (insane.)
- it's like that one elliott smith song bottle up and explode
- pretty aggressive, mostly due to the fact that he resents everything about las vegas and subsequently everyone in it
- he doesn't like that by the way. he might improve idk that's his problem not mine
- will slaughter you if you say soccer and not football
- his dad used to take him hunting a lot so he turned to shooting recreationally to sort of reclaim that because shooting inanimate targets is objectively cooler
- is also vegan for the above reasons
- is also an avid supporter of animal rights for the above reasons. he volunteers at the animal shelter but he hates when people from his school show up because he is genuinely a different person around animals
- gay as helll

Looking for
- people to bully
- people he frequently gets into skirmishes with
- people who just lowkey avoid him
- like one or two people who GET him
- very tentatively, guy for him to pine after (slot may or may not be filled, but there's room for more just in case)

[+] Relationships

OLIVIER HAWK - "inferior sportsman, but talented nonetheless. enjoyable to watch, i guess."
LONDON MACKRED - "no."
MARIE TUDOR - "me when i am in an insufferably controlling and pretentious challenge and my opponent is her."

[EllisWilson]

Mihai
Wade avoids aggressive people uniformly, so they’re going to barely be acquaintances at best.

Londyn has probably done tried to film one of his ‘prank’ videos on him because they figured theywould get a response. I figure the response was more than they bargained for.

Adrienne

I’ve got nothing for Wade.

Londyn is the school mascot, so maybe they’ve interacted in that regard. I’m not sure how it would go though.

Law

Wade could be friends or acquaintances. He’s not much into the adventure life style but isn’t going to be unfriendly with someone who is.

Depending on how known his dads business is, Londyn has probably tried to mooch/buy fireworks off him. Failing that, they may have tried to rope him into some kind of urban exploration video.

[NoLife]

Lily Kemp:

Mihai: While she can understand having a strange relationship with violence, and has a bit of respect for those in physical sports. She hates those who "Start the fire but can't take the heat." She's not antagonistic, but she makes no effort to hide her distaste. Ignore him in the halls, and keep pushing

Adrienne: Nothing about her really catches Lily's eye, besides playing volleyball. Is civil and nice, but it begins and ends there.

Lawrence: He reminds her of her brother. Lily wouldn't call him a friend, but if a situation occurred Lily would be the first to step in on his behalf.

[the finch]

I agree, Mihai and Wade would probably avoid each other at best. As for Londyn, I think the idea of Mihai holding this huge grudge on him for a small prank is pretty funny, especially if he isn't actually intimidated by Mihai and takes his threats as empty.

Adrienne could possibly bond with Wade over his interest in writing, as she used to write for fun and has entered a couple competitions. Although she's since grown past it in favour of other hobbies, I think if they had some sort of creative writing or even English class in the past and ended up talking they could be anywhere from acquaintances to friends. She'd additionally be happy to proofread his stuff if he wanted, considering her eye for more analytical features. On the other hand, I don't think she'd interact pretty much at all with Londyn, staying fairly neutral and finding him at most slightly annoying.

I think acquaintances works for Law and Wade. They don't have a reason to hate each other but they don't have a reason to be very close either. With Londyn, I think at the very least a one-sided friendship could be possible, as he seems like the type of person who would be a fan of their content. He'd also be ecstatic to show them how to set off fireworks without blowing himself up, and potentially snag some from his dad to give to him for free, depending on how close they are.

[the finch]

I don't think the other two would have much of a reason to interact with her other than situations where required (e.g. in a group project, in which Adrienne would mostly keep to herself and Mihai would just try to get it over with so they could avoid interacting more). Lawrence would at least see Lily as an acquaintance and, while they still wouldn't talk very often, think that she's badass.

[Ryuki]

Simon likes to explore places to take pics of liminal spaces. Maybe Law would let him join one of his hikes.

[Dr Adjective]

Hello, you have children, let me thrust mine in their respective directions and see how they collide.

Firstly Mihai!
I see interesting potential interactions with him and Heather. They're both big, tough, have some problems with aggression. Not sure if they'd have much to interact over in pregame, necessarily, unless he's also into boxing? But the interesting part is something I've brought up before with a certain Tyson Peraday: when you say Mihai is an animal lover... does he nonetheless eat them? If yes, Heather despises him for the hypocrisy, if not, hell yeah vegan solidarity.

Not much to say regarding him and my others, besides that maybe Hope has tried to intervene in some of his aggro at some point. She's like that.

Adrienne!
Mercy and Heather are both in bands, plus Heather's solo side-project. Mercy's more receptive to fans in a more superficial level, Heather might be a gateway drug to rebellion in various forms.
Hope and LK both might be involved in TTRPGs so that's an open prospect!

And Law!
Not a lot of hobbies in common but I get the sense he could make a good friend for LK. Their energies seem aligned.
Might be a bit of sideeye coming from Heather for not channelling all that restless energy into anything she considers useful, but it's also harmless, so hardly enemies. Just negative vibes.

[the finch]

Mihai and Heather would definitely have a complicated relationship. They have a lot in common, with what you mentioned, and the fact that they hate both Vegas and rich people. He's also not a vegan, so that's another reason for her to dislike him. I feel like in general, though, they probably wouldn't get along and the moments that they do share viewpoints it's sort of an "if they can agree on this something must be wrong with it" type of situation.

Adrienne probably wouldn't like Heather on a personal basis, even if she does like the music. With Mercy's receptiveness and overall more charismatic personality, I think she could be friends or at least acquaintances. Not only does she go to live performances, she's a big supporter of the theatre department too because of some friends involved in it, so they've probably seen each other a lot. She has the potential to be good friend with Hope and LK too, if they involve themselves in TTRPGs. She'd probably be a bit closer to Hope just due to slightly more compatible personalities, combined with the fact that she has a hard time relating with hardcore gamers as somebody who doesn't play video games at all.

Law and LK would be good friends, I agree that their energies seem to align pretty well. While he typically spends time outside, I can see him spending his indoor time at home supporting her with her streams. Nothing much to add on his relationship with Heather, but it seems about right.

[NoLife]

Forgot Taylor

Mihai: Has strange vibes, Taylor is nice and friendly but doesn't really befriend him.

Adrienne: Taylor is kind and full of energy like Jason. They also play TTRPG's so that's another connection. Taylord is under the belief that every introvert needs an extrovert, and endeavors to be that for the shy among her classmates.

Lawrence: 4th secret Olsen-Chen sibling. Taylor is something like the "voice of reason" for his adventures, even if they continue with it regardless. occasionally He can count on Taylor to join on his little expeditions.

[the finch]

Forgot Taylor

Mihai: Has strange vibes, Taylor is nice and friendly but doesn't really befriend him.

Adrienne: Taylor is kind and full of energy like Jason. They also play TTRPG's so that's another connection. Taylord is under the belief that every introvert needs an extrovert, and endeavors to be that for the shy among her classmates.

Lawrence: 4th secret Olsen-Chen sibling. Taylor is something like the "voice of reason" for his adventures, even if they continue with it regardless. occasionally He can count on Taylor to join on his little expeditions.

Not much I can think to add on here but these work!! :-)

[the finch]

not true. don't fall for my propaganda!!!!

[Ryuki]

Oh! I just thought of something. Flick is a fan of Survivor (although she wants to apply for Hell's Kitchen), so she and Lawrence could have a bond over that.

[Cicada]

I raise this thread from the dead to honor your work in forwarding the agenda etc etc

[+] Vernon

• Clarissa is cheer team friend (agenda)! She would love a generic nice dude who is very comfortable in his masculinity, as a very casually queer girl that's entierly much her vibe. Generic nice guy means easy for her to get along with too, no stress, etc. Might be an angle where he thinks its possible to turn her vegetarian since she by preference eats like 6 things all of which have plant-based alternatives.
  
  Honestly... might also be an angle where they get together over the course of pregame? Like, not together as of the beginning of the year but start casually going out or something. Clarissa has a much stronger and intense crush on one of the other girls in cheer and she could really use the distraction slash straight passing energy from someone she'd trust and feel safe around. It'd also be an interesting shakeup of the cheer team dynamic if two of them pair off. I kinda vibe with it anyways, if you're feeling it I'd be down to play it out and see how it goes.
• If Vernon joins cooking club he'd have a fellow vegetarian/vegan cooking enjoyer in Ray. They both also have a lil bit of queer coded energy (a very very large amount in Ray's case) so I'm sure they'd get along well as casual club friends.

[+] Mina

• Ray's also in horror club and definitely loved the artistry of Nosferatu. They could be on casual Discord share terms. The genre she produces in is like, not really Ray's style, though he might like the more Ethel Cain inspired work. Regardless he'd still be a regular commenter if she makes the Soundcloud public. Maybe he's done vocals for one of her songs, shrug.
• Mona would adore a Red Rocks hyperpop based producer. Dunno how Mona would have heard of her though, maybe stalks the insta a lil bit or something? If they somehow do become aware of each other Mona would be the #1 stan. Probably slid into her DMs and uinironically offered to use her clout to help Mina's music get more of a public platform.

[+] Lawrence

• Clarissa again. Also a Rattler. Also a naive and friendly girl to a fault, albeit prob a bit more in control of herself. Which means she'd love to hang out with someone she can turn her brain off a bit with. Also, they both have good school spirit. He does not annoy her! She likes him! Etc.

[the finch]

I raise this thread from the dead to honor your work in forwarding the agenda etc etc

[+] Vernon

• Clarissa is cheer team friend (agenda)! She would love a generic nice dude who is very comfortable in his masculinity, as a very casually queer girl that's entierly much her vibe. Generic nice guy means easy for her to get along with too, no stress, etc. Might be an angle where he thinks its possible to turn her vegetarian since she by preference eats like 6 things all of which have plant-based alternatives.
  
  Honestly... might also be an angle where they get together over the course of pregame? Like, not together as of the beginning of the year but start casually going out or something. Clarissa has a much stronger and intense crush on one of the other girls in cheer and she could really use the distraction slash straight passing energy from someone she'd trust and feel safe around. It'd also be an interesting shakeup of the cheer team dynamic if two of them pair off. I kinda vibe with it anyways, if you're feeling it I'd be down to play it out and see how it goes.
• If Vernon joins cooking club he'd have a fellow vegetarian/vegan cooking enjoyer in Ray. They both also have a lil bit of queer coded energy (a very very large amount in Ray's case) so I'm sure they'd get along well as casual club friends.

[+] Mina

• Ray's also in horror club and definitely loved the artistry of Nosferatu. They could be on casual Discord share terms. The genre she produces in is like, not really Ray's style, though he might like the more Ethel Cain inspired work. Regardless he'd still be a regular commenter if she makes the Soundcloud public. Maybe he's done vocals for one of her songs, shrug.
• Mona would adore a Red Rocks hyperpop based producer. Dunno how Mona would have heard of her though, maybe stalks the insta a lil bit or something? If they somehow do become aware of each other Mona would be the #1 stan. Probably slid into her DMs and uinironically offered to use her clout to help Mina's music get more of a public platform.

[+] Lawrence

• Clarissa again. Also a Rattler. Also a naive and friendly girl to a fault, albeit prob a bit more in control of herself. Which means she'd love to hang out with someone she can turn her brain off a bit with. Also, they both have good school spirit. He does not annoy her! She likes him! Etc.

Hi Cicada it's me Finch from sotf!! Relationships time!!

Vernon-Clarissa
No matter what we do honestly, I feel like it's a pretty clear given that they're friends. They're on the cheer team together (agenda!) and have no reason to dislike each other, so right off the bat I'm on board with that. Additionally, I'm pretty much on the board for them to get together for a little bit. Somewhat of an automatic yes from me because a) I'm the #1 Clarissa fan and b) I'm always up for cheer squad hijinks. So, yeah, I think it would be worth it to give it a try and see how it plays out.

Vernon-Ray
This one is a maybe solely because I don't know if I'm going to have Vernon join the cooking club or not. If I don't, then I don't really think there would be much of a chance for their paths to cross, but if they do I think it would be a cute dynamic! I'll just have to sit on it for a bit

Mina-Ray
On the other hand, I am 100% in on this one. Horror club nerds unite!! I think even horror club aside, they have a sort of vibe that goes together if they make sense, so I'm on board with this. Plus, having him do background vocals occasionally would definitely help her out

Mina-Mona (enjoyable to say)
It's be cool to have Mona as a fan of Mina's music, although I don't think they'd be anything more than mere acquaintances. Mina probably doesn't even know about Mona's relationship, but I think she'd still be a little intimidated by her just because she is by a good chunk of people.

Lawrence-Clarissa
Nothing to say here that's too substantial other than what you have looks good and I think they'd be great friends!