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Name: Elanor Jane Lawson

Nickname: Nell. Her IMDB page is under "Nell Lawson".

Age: 17

Birthday: August 12

Sign: Cancer

Gemstone: Pearl

Blood Type: A-

Fav. Food: Truffles, especially almond butter truffles.

Hated Food: Sushi, especially when seaweed is involved. The texture of raw fish is sooo nasty.

School: Meadowview High School

Occupation: Nell is an actress, with a pretty expansive IMDb page. None of her roles have been very important or even very attention-grossing, up until just two years ago. She landed a season regular spot on a psychological thriller. Her character died at the end of the first season--just in time for Nell to be offered the lead in an indie thriller of the same stripe. She is on a parentally-enforced break until she completes high school, a prospect that is somewhat daunting as Nell is a year behind most of her peers.

Hobbies:
Guitar -- It's considered attractive in the circles Nell runs in to be a 'triple threat'--a singer, dancer, and actor. Unfortunately, Nell can't dance. She can carry a tune, but she's much fonder of playing one. Not saying Nell is good. She is adequate. She doesn't compose her own songs. But she really takes pleasure in plucking out little ditties and trying to learn the tabs for popular acoustic songs, and enjoys fawning over some instrument or another, and likes to strike up conversations with other musicians when she can.

Shooting -- Picked up during a season of a crime drama she did. The drama was canceled halfway through its first season for its "controversial treatment of children"--namely that Nell was fourteen and depicted shooting people--but in keeping up with the other series regulars over the years, she's spent a lot of time on recreational ranges. She is not licensed to carry, but she takes meticulous care of her Beretta anyway, in anticipation of the day when she will be. Nell can talk knowledgeably about the guns one might expect to find on a movie set, and likes to show off this knowledge.

Jane of All Trades -- Nell is an actress, and not a half bad one. She's been in show business since she was about four and acting in Play-Dough commercials, and in show business she picks up a little bit of everything. Nell knows how to knit, how to gesso a canvas, how to surf, and train for a marathon. There is very little she doesn't know a little bit about. The only thing she hasn't picked up something about is... dancing.

Virtues:
Charming -- Nell is bright, vivacious, and fun--she always has an idea for something to do, and is filled with what her therapist calls 'joie de vivre'. Nell can lie through her teeth like a champ; even if she's never met you and has no idea who you are, she will absolutely pretend she does and compliment you on your latest doings. She's good at bringing others around to her point of view, a skilled people-person, and a tremendous bluffer. If you need to grease palms, Nell is your girl.

Mature -- A lot of people are called 'old for their age', but Nell is one of those people that's seventeen going on seventy. She says she can take care of herself and she actually can. Nell is great at planning for the long-term; she's been putting money away for college since she was old enough to understand what college was, and has put the vast bulk of her pay into a savings account that parcels her out an allowance every month. She makes small, easily digestible plans and sticks to them, and is in fact indomitable when it comes to achieving things she puts her mind to. Nell manages her image very carefully, and is always thinking about the right thing to say.

Flaws:
Requires Validation -- Nell needs people to think she's cool. She needs people to look to her as a style icon and she needs them to think she's an icon, in general. She puts a lot of effort into appearing a certain way and she expects rewards in dividends for being a decent human being; think 'the worst type of cis gay ally stereotype' and you're pretty damn close to how bad Nell can get if pressed. A single piece of criticism that isn't couched in considerable praise can throw her off-kilter for a week--never mind an actual insult.

Manipulative -- No part of Nell shies away from playing her friends off each other to get them to like her the best. She doesn't hesitate to spread rumors or make s**t up for the sake of looking better. Raised in the school of Image Is Everything, Nell is princess of fake tears, fake outrage, and fake causes. Her keen sense for social situations means that she often has the right thing to say, or something close enough to the right thing to say, to get what she wants. Nell has actually studied manipulation tactics, up to taking classes in persuasive rhetoric, in order to be better at making people need her. In a nutshell: She's really, really good at getting people to depend on her and want her around.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

SEE REF. It is perfect. Also, her eyes are blue-gray, sort of leaning violetish.

Hey, Romeo!

I am going to drop a stamp for the civilian but there are a few things I wanted to note! Firstly, we typically do not allow major celebrities, though it seems like you have tried to keep this as tame as possible while still pursuing the career you want for her. This is fine, but because it toes the line please just keep that in mind when playing her! Additionally, her 'Jane of all trades' has the possibility of being incredibly OP; the way it is written gives her the ability to be at least moderately decent at things. Surfing, to my understanding, is an incredibly difficult sport to learn, and you have a pretty widespread set of examples for things she 'knows a little about'. While it is fine for her to know a little about it, please just be considerate when this is brought into RP and it should be fine! It is a good conversation starter if she has the ability to be mildly skilled in a vast array of subjects.

Finally, the manipulation flaw doesn't wholly read like a flaw; it mostly reads like a virtue in that you state she is skilled at manipulation. Most of the way this is written actually feels like it should be a virtue since it states how she is skilled and has the ability to control a situation, however manipulation is usually considered a negative trait—as long as you know the other party is a manipulator. Rather than ask you to revise this, I would like to ask that you just consider how this negatively impacts her relationships. As is, her being a manipulator would only be considered a flaw if others were aware that she was manipulating, so! I am going to stamp this profile under the belief that her manipulative ways are not secretive/are not something she is able to hide since it is supposed to be a negative aspect of her personality that reveals itself frequently enough that others would notice it. If this is not what you have in mind, please feel free to contact me, however since you have been waiting for so long I don't want to make you wait for trivial clarification and will drop a stamp!