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Name: Robin Goodfellow

Nicknames: People generally just call her Robin. It takes someone pretty damn foolhardy to make fun of her, because then they get the nickname of "Target Practice", and that just sucks for them.

Age: 15

Birthday: April 11th

Sign: Aries

Blood Type: O

Gemstone: Ruby

Fav. Food: Sweets and candies, pastries and cakes; she's got a sweet tooth beyond compare, especially when it comes to fresh-baked goodies.

Hated Food: Mushy, bland oatmeal. YECH. Also, diet soda. Seriously, what's the point of that stuff?

School: Meadowview High

In a Nutshell: Adventurous, Proud, Excitable, Mischievous, Loud, Boastful, Conniving, Overdramatic, Undependable, Unambitious, Vindictive.


Hobbies:

Urban Legends -- When Robin was a child, she lived, breathed and devoured whole folk tales. Back then, it was Robin Hood that was she most loved, because of obvious similarities in name and personality; she dressed up like him for every Halloween, one year getting herself in trouble for stealing the candy of other children to give to children smaller than herself (her father thought that was hilarious - her mother, less so). When she grew older, though, exposure to the world taught her that her favorite stories were unreachable, likely not even true by historical records. That was when her interests grew into something less easy to disprove - the realm of urban legends. Ghost stories and alien abductions, strange creatures that live in sewers; it wasn't the learning of these stories that pleased her so, but in getting her hands dirty and investigating them for herself. It was as though she thought that, if she could find some evidence for one of these stories, it might bring alive every other tale she'd ever learned untrue. Robin pursues these stories with the same sort of enthusiasm that marks all great explorers, sometimes at the expense of less important things (like homework). Most of her days after school are consumed by the pursuit of these things, and often her evenings and weekends as well, if her parents are lenient enough to permit it (which usually depends on how close to the end of the school term she is, and how much make-up schoolwork is therefore waiting for her). Robin's father is usually highly aware of his daughter's investigations, while Robin's mother is a bit more in the dark; when it comes to the more unusual and easy-to-disapprove-of investigations, though, both parents are likely to hear an entirely different accounting of where Robin is planning to be than the truth. Occasionally, Robin brings others along on these expeditions of hers, usually dependent on if she thinks she needs someone's skills; photographers are her favorites, and more than once some poor A/V nerd has been dragged along after school, on the threat of extreme harassment, to take video of what Robin is certain will be the greatest find of the century.

Playing Pranks -- Robin has a special talent for being wicked, raising the act of practical jokes to a nearly art-like status. Her modus operandi avoids certain kinds of pranks - she doesn't usually engage in social pranks, things like (an example from when she was younger) persuading the entire class to giggle whenever the teacher showed her back to the class. She also avoids the willful destruction of property; her parents set strict consequences on her trick-playing a few years back, when she was suspended for an extreme misuse of superglue which had her parents threatened with small claims court. Still, Robin works within the limitations imposed on her with skillful determination, embracing them as challenges which make the stuff of her work into a high-class pranking material. Although Robin isn't beyond an opportunistic little prank on an innocent bystander if inspiration strikes, her most elaborate works are usually vengefully driven, often cruel plots that grow from days or weeks of research and planning before reaching their moment of triumph. An example: At one point, her ire was gained by an arrogant boy in her art class, who was a skilled painter that unfairly tore apart one of her pieces during crit time in front of the whole class. So she set him and another aspiring artist that she considered an a** up each with an invitation to display a single piece in an exhibit with a difficult theme on the other side of town. While they were scrambling their brains to try and figure how to meet the demands of these them, she slipped in to talk with their friends and casually drop ideas, thus prompting their friends to suggest to each of them a specific object of inspiration they could use to complete their pieces. Both following up on the same idea, however, meant that they were directly competing with one another. Both were strong-willed and caught up in inspiration, however, and so would not look for another subject to use. Sparks rose between them both as they argued pettily, making nasty remarks on the other's works, trying to cut down the other for their own since of self-grandeur. Then, after the weeks of trial and rivalry and bitterness, they finally arrived at the exhibit - only to find that the theme they were told of was not just wrong, but the object of inspiration they quarreled over is staggeringly inappropriate for the real theme.

Improvisational Jazz -- Throughout middle school, Robin played flute in the school band. She had a certain skill for the instrument, but her poor study habits kept her from getting the practice she needed in order to really excel - she just wasn't interested in playing the same song over and again to get the status of first chair, and so when high school came, she opted not to enroll in a music program. Her mother (who had been a flutist in school herself) was so disappointed by this decision, however, that they talked and agreed to look for an after-school program that she would enjoy better. Enter Jazz Band; from the second that Robin heard them playing, she knew she was in the right place. Although she is still not the most studious of performers and has been known to let the band down from time to time, she is always enthusiastic and upbeat about performing, and has been becoming much more adept over the past year.

Trying Weird Food -- There's nobody in the world that doesn't love to eat junk food; but, as with many other things in life, Robin has to take the mundane and make it into something unusual. See, she doesn't just eat junk food - she eats the odd stuff. She takes special trips to tiny little foreign markets for the express purpose of seeking out snacks with the oddest packaging, the worst engrish, or just the most unusual flavor, and buys packages by the dozen. Her rule with these foods is that she isn't allowed to eat them until she finds someone else willing to eat them with her; she likes to make a game out of it in this manner, which is what separates this from an idle trait into a true hobby. She has been known to go to great lengths to enjoy an odd snack with a stranger - just think of her as Sam I Am, touting her green eggs and ham!


Virtues:

Clever -- Or perhaps observant would be a better term, since in this case, it ends up as the same thing. Robin can intuitively pick out small, vital details from a situation and quickly find a way to turn it to her advantage. This talent is most often employed in the cause of her pranks, helping her to distinguish quirks in her unfortunate victims that can be exploited for a laugh, but also in her other hobbies as well. Her capability in this respect is one of her most redeeming qualities, and certainly what her parents are most proud of her for.

Adaptive -- So okay, Robin admits to her friends as the site they were supposed to be scouring for missing link tracks is flooded over from three days of rain; she hadn't planned well this time. But really, it's all right! This is the perfect weather to go sewer gator watching! Ten minutes later, she'll have raincoats, boots, binoculars, and a thermos of hot soup for everyone. Robin makes and adjusts plans at the drop of a hat, never getting stuck on obstacles on her lifelong quest of discovery and entertainment. If this was the only night for a thousand years that you might be able to find the entrance to the vampire's tomb, then okay, she might have trouble being flexible - but anything lesser? She's already over it and onto the next thing, so forget about it!

Loyal -- There isn't a lot you can count on in this world. Robin doesn't need a lot of admiration from the masses, but could not exist without a few close friends to support her works - and she knows that you can't earn that sort of devotion without displaying it yourself. By what criteria she chooses these closest of friends can vary, but once she makes that connection, it's there until the end of the world. (Though of course, in proper dramatic teenage fashion, the end of a friendship is the definition of the end of the world, so that means little other than to illustrate her dedication not to let a friendship fall apart.)

Self-Assured -- To hit the level of <******** weird that Robin effortlessly achieves, one of two things must be true; you either have to be such a social reject that it doesn't matter what you do anymore, or be so confident in yourself that it doesn't matter what other people think. Which one of these applies to Robin really depends on who you're speaking to, but the bottom line is that she is fearless of being criticized. She enjoys the attention that her antics bring her, for one, and very easily de-values the opinion of those that would disapprove of her actions. In Robin's mind, the things that she does are things that most people would do, if they weren't so fearful of judgment - so why should she let those same people's opinions dictate her actions? Laugh up your sleeve all you want at her antics! She'll still go about her business of making every day a little stranger for the rest of the world.


Flaws:

Prideful -- It isn't necessarily to say that Robin has a high opinion of herself (although she does), or that she requires your approval of everything she does (though she'd prefer it). It's more that she has a sense of dignity; a concept that there is a basic level of respect which is entitled to her, though on what merits she couldn't say for sure. And so if she should be treated rudely, or her works under-appreciated, her ire is quick to be earned. Sometimes this isn't much of an issue; she makes nasty faces at you from across the lunchroom, you roll your eyes, life goes on. But if you really get under her skin, then she has a habit of taking things a bit further (see Vindictive) - or sometimes too far. More than a few friendships have been lost over stupid matters of the ego, and Robin genuinely seems convinced that it was, for example, Susie's fault that they are no longer friends, and not Robin's for having sabotaged that science experiment which cost Susie her eyebrows. When reaching these extremes, her pride has a way of making both herself and everyone around her miserable. Even on smaller scales, however, it's very easy to egg Robin into a conflict, or manipulate her to do things she otherwise wouldn't consider for the sake of her reputation

Vindictive -- Robin's offense is a dangerous thing to gain, whether it be by insulting her pride or decencies, or by offering injury to one of her friends. Robin is infamous for the grudges she can hold - not necessarily because of how long she can hold them, though her memory is long, but because of the tortures she can inflict once an enemy is drawn into her sights. Spiking people's lunches with hot peppers and sowing discord among their friends are the simplest forms of revenge; as a grudge matures, Robin will grow more inventive, custom-tailoring her tortures to the most hated people on her list. Most people who cross her come to regret it - and if they don't, they'd better at least make it look like they do, or else she takes that as a sign that she needs to try harder.

Improportionate -- Nothing is ever a small deal with Robin, not if it makes her angry or excited. Small slights are easily perceived as huge ones; similarly, small gestures of kindness are blown up into declarations of romantic interest with no effort whatsoever. Her parents call her dramatic, blame it on her teenage perspective -- her friends just consider it another instance of Robin being Robin, and tend to be dragged along by her enthusiasm. She can come off as pretty goofy at times with her wild overreactions, but her family and friends usually just shrug it off as another proving point of her insanity.

Capricious -- As a child, Robin was diagnosed with a severe case of ADOLS - Attention Deficit OH LOOK SHINY. Her parents had tried putting her on medication, and for several years, this seemed to help. However, once she reached puberty, concerns that the medication may have been affected her growth prompted them to take her off of the pills. Today, Robin is nowhere near as bad as she was as a child, but that doesn't mean that she has anywhere near the amount of focus or discipline that she ought to. Trying to get her to do a chore that she doesn't care for is futile; she'll just get distracted at the first opportunity (maybe the second, if she thinks that the work is supposed to be important), and that'll be the end of that. Classmates are quick to learn not to partner with her for projects, and her teachers ever despair of her half-completed homework. Even the things she loves and has the capability to focus on, like her pranks or urban legends, she is occasionally diverted from; for every item she successfully investigates, there are a dozen more research files on her computer that are forgotten about ("saved for a rainy day"), and too often plans she's made to get revenge for old slights are forgotten in favor of fresher ones.


Appearance:

Height -- Petite; she usually has to stand on her toes to whisper in someone's ear.

Weight -- Average; she eats a lot of crap food, but has a decent metabolism and gets a lot of exercise to make up for it.

Hair -- A wild and untamable mane of thick strands, sort of a light rose color.

Eyes -- Light purple/lavender, very sweet-looking.

Family


Gregory Goodfellow - Father
Robin's father, Gregory (please do not try to call him Greg, he does not appreciate it) is a journalist, writing special interest columns for two online sites and a local paper. He graduated from Berkeley as a liberal arts major, and met his now-wife Bev on the first day of his internship at a newspaper office. Being a journalistic investigator has always been his fantasy, but in practice, he's found that to be unrealistic - not only because of the difficulty in getting good pay, but because of his own lack of love for leaving his computer. Instead, he now conducts most of his research online and through phone calls, and leaves the footwork for younger, more ambitious journalists.

Beverly "Bev" Goodfellow - Mother
Robin's mother, Beverly (Bev for short), was a housewife for the first ten years of Robin's life. Unfortunately, as the booming Internet has cut down wages and dependable jobs for journalists, she has needed to step up and join the workforce. Back at Washington, she had worked her way up to a low-paying management position at a natural foods store, and within a month of their move to Destiny City, Bev found secretarial work at a local mortgage lawyer's office, and has been working there since. She dislikes her boss intensely, who she calls chauvinistic and vain, but has a close relationship with her coworkers, who regularly visit for card games at the Goodfellow house. Bev secretly dreams of starting a catering business, and loves to make exotic dishes fro her family.

Jack Goodfellow - Younger Brother
Robin's younger brother, Jack, is six years old, and for many years has been labelled as an angry little brat that is neither smart nor socially skilled. Like Robin as his age, Jack has been diagnosed with ADHD; however, the side effects that the medication gave him were both severe and frightening, and so they decided to try and let it be. His behavioral problems at school have put him at odds with the rest of the student body, however, and he has few friends that he can count on.


Family Overview: The Goodfellows lived in the Northwest tip of the United States for most of their lives. After Jack was born, though, the family's living costs took a giant leap. Two years ago, with the banks threatening to foreclose on their house and work difficult to find, they made the decision to cut their losses and move to the suburbs of Destiny City to pursue job opportunities. The most recent tension within the family arises from a recent parent-teacher conference where one of his teachers suggested that Jack might do better if he were enrolled in special education.


Family Dynamics: In many ways, the Goodfellows are typical - they tread a natural level of function and dysfunction, getting by despite differences and disagreements. Robin can't stand her brother; it seems to her that he is always getting his way, never getting in trouble, and their parents are always giving him all the attention. She especially blames her mother when Jack gets to acting out, accusing her of not disciplining him properly and claiming that she could have never gotten away with half the stuff Jack does when she was a child. These comments never go over well, since Bev is struggling with guilt for having "abandoned" her youngest and neediest to a daycare so that she can work, and fights between the females of the family are commonplace. Robin is more forgiving with her father; they enjoy a good relationship, boosted by their shared interest in the strangeness of the world. Their sharing discoveries of this nature often dominates dinnertime conversation, until they get into too many details and Bev accuses them of being inappropriate in front of Jack.

Archives

Mar 16, 2010: [R] This Isn`t Stalking, Is It? Ellie.
(Mar 16, 2010: [R] Rock, Paper, Scissors? You Wish! Elegancia.)
(Mar 14, 2010: [R] A Matter of Taste. Ari.)
Mar 14, 2010: How All Things Must End.
Mar 08, 2010: [R] Out on the Town. Blanche.
Mar 01, 2010: What You Seek. Ilie, Louisa.
Feb 28, 2010: [R] Bait, Hook, Line and Sinker. Ellie.
(Feb 20, 2010: [R] The Midnight Haunting of Pecos Bill. Andrea, Duhr.)
(Feb 19, 2010: [R] It Looks Like We`ve Got Us a Mystery! Aggie.)
Feb 18, 2010: [R] A Proposition. Louisa.
(Feb 17, 2010: [R] Lunch Break! Andrea, Nora.)
Feb 17, 2010: [R] I`m on a Boat ... Bus. Sheldon.
Feb 16, 2010: [R] You`ll Burn Your Tongue Off, Kid! Serah.
(Feb 16, 2010: [R] What Kitty Wants. Yahya.)
Feb 15, 2010: [R] Don`t Tread on These. Cassie.
Feb 15, 2010: [R] The Solution is Crystal Clear! Parker.
(Feb 14, 2010: [R] Making the World Stranger, Every Day. Eilian.)

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Notes


- Robin Goodfellow is a pseudonym of the fairy Puck from a Midsummer Night's Dream. Her father, who studied liberal arts in college, claims that she was born with such a trouble-making look on her face, it was only natural that he pick this name out for her. Her mother. on the other hand, prefers to say that Robin was an angel as a child and only grew into the name at her father's wicked encouragement.

- Robin is a character that is designed to have a reason to meet up with any character EVER. Seriously. So if you want RP, tell me - I can find an excuse to get them together, even if it doesn't seem like a likely pair to meet.

- Robin is also a character that tends to cause trouble and mayhem. She is always looking for accomplices, and if someone approaches her in the right way, she's sometimes willing to help them get revenge on their own enemies. If you want to team up with her for something, again, let me know and we can find an excuse.

- This character is a senshi hopeful. I am always looking for crits of her full quest, so if you have a chance to look at Sailor Puck, Senshi of Fairies, I would appreciate it!