Survival Of The Fittest

Slam wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2024 8:22 am Hello I need relationships that are mostly/semi functional for my child(s?).

Aidan 'Danny' Hill
- Danny to mostly everyone in his life, incl. friends and family. Aidan is just for government forms and the very occasional weirdo.
- Plays ice hockey with local team; plays right winger (he is left handed)
- On the dance team - used to do ballet but got told his 5' 7.5" ass wasn't tall enough to stick with it; now he does mainly jazz dancing but he'll try anything once.
- Bitchy - but mostly it’s cause he has no patience for fools. If you don't say stupid shit he won't be mean to you.
- Isn't afraid to throw down if you insist on saying stupid shit. Hockey experience etc.
- Not a huge social butterfly - he's happy with the friends he already has and isn't afraid to offend people who don't like what he's saying. Sorry not sorry.
- Pretty stressed about trying to be both good at dance and hockey.
- Favourite colour is orange
- Gay - family supports him, but not totally out at school cause he has a casually homophobic friend and that is not OK.
- Family is pushing him into picking between hockey and dance, cause they want him to get a good scholarship, and it pisses him off cause he doesn't want to only do one. But he'll probably wind up having to stick with hockey cause it feels more likely to turn into a scholarship.
- Lower-middle class background, lives in a rougherish but not horribly rough part of Vegas (written before area reveals). Family doesn’t have a tonne of money which is why a scholarship is important. Not dirt poor but he has two older sisters so it's a bigger family on not a huge income.
- Not actually sure what he’d want to study in college, just thinks going is important. Can’t really articulate why or plans outside ‘dance more’ or ‘hockey more’.
- Grades are pretty mediocre - academics isn’t very interesting to him. Likes cultural studies cause he likes learning about it in relation to sports and dance, but he doesn’t get to do that much in high school sadface
- He likes slasher movies and grizzly comics cause he finds it super cheesy and hilarious. <-- Tentative detail may change.
- Has two older twin sisters who work low-wage jobs in Vegas after doing community college. Already moved out full-time/moving out soonish. Two older sisters means he got babied a lot growing up which he resented, but now he’s bigger than both of them so jokes on them.
- Secretly afraid he’ll get stuck working dead end jobs in Vegas if dancing or hockey doesn’t work out but doesn’t want his sisters to think he’s criticising them so he doesn’t say anything.
- Very conscious of his appearance and what he wears. Just don't point out his crooked teeth.
- Fantastic posterior.

What we're looking for:
- Hockey/dance friends/rivals
- Friends he already has who won't say stupid shit
- People who say stupid shit and piss him off - consequences be damned
- He's pretty (don't call him that) so maybe some girls he's dated before he realised he only liked dudes
- Some dudes he's dated on the down-low. Seriously if you try to say anything in front of his unaware friends he will deny it then text you later to say he already said not to say anything

What we already have:
- Some weirdo named Buck who he plays hockey with and is 'technically' friends?

Pippi wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2024 5:32 pm

WE'RE BEST FRIENDS

Lilliana met him when she tried out for dance and failed the audition miserably. Someone had to get her an ice pack and I’m guessing it was Danny. I would like to say they dated at some point, before the whole realization set in? She doesn’t know why they broke up, but she respected it and still wanted to be friends.

Kiandra would be such a funny case because introducing a trans woman into his life when he’s friends with a homophobe is so….I don’t know if she would be a friend or in the stupid shit category, because the first time the two of them are alone she’s gonna be like “my question is why are you friends with (TBA) when you’re as straight as a zigzag”….the gaydar is crazy

Rita and Danny probably had a couple dates before Danny realized he was gay, but Rita was very supportive of him and now they're close friends. She is absolutely dragging his behind to the dance club if he isn't in it already.

I think you might be overestimating Danny's kindness and willingness to provide ice. He is not the 'hey at least she tried' kind of guy when it comes to the dance team, he is the 'stop wasting our time' member of the judge panel. I don't see why they couldn't have dated but I think she would've had to make the first move.

I am not sure that Danny would intentionally seek out spending time with someone as out and proud as Kiandra due to not wanting to raise questions amongst his hockey/homophobe friends, but I don't think he would actively avoid her either. Hard to gauge whether she falls into the stupid shit category without dialogue.