Name: Jeanette Génoise
Nickname: Jenny
Age: 15 16 17
Birthday: July 2nd
Sign: Cancer
Gemstone: Rose Quartz - traditional is Ruby, but Rose Quartz is an acceptable gemstone for Cancer signs.
Blood Type: AB
Fav. Food: Macarons. Other sweets as well, most above all are macarons. They're pretty, they're pastel colors, and they're delicious!
Hated Food: Escargot. Yes, she is french. No, she will not eat snails and how dare you stereotype her like that.
School: Meadowview High School
Hobbies: Dolls - Specifically, ball-jointed dolls. Jeanette adores them and has a number of the eerie, pretty little things that she greatly enjoys dressing up and taking pictures of. They let her express her taste in fashion in a smaller form, and experiment with different looks and appearances that she could not necessarily pull off on herself. She collects these dolls, and they are her babies - Jeanette does not find them creepy and cannot understand why there are people who do. To her, each doll has its own personality and something about it to adore, and is perfectly happy to spend hours working out the perfect look for each one.
Sewing - Because of her love for her dolls, Jeanette developed a similar love for sewing - she makes clothes for her BJDs as often as she buys them, and is happy to spend time either poring over her work or having a healthy discussion about the merits of taffeta with the other members of her home-ec class. She does not yet try to make clothes for herself or family, but limits her experiments to doll-sized attire, so that there's more material left over if and when she inevitably makes mistakes while learning.
Shopping - Be it a mall, a strip mall, or a quaint boutique, Jeanette adores shopping - especially with other people. Even when she herself doesn't have the money to spend, she enjoys trying things on, inspecting quaint objects, leafing through books in a bookstore, and offering encouragement to anyone who might be thinking about spending their money. Shopping for Jeanette is an experience, not a task to be completed, and it is one that she firmly believes is best done with friends and/or family.
Virtues: Cheerful - Jenny is a ray of sunshine in human form. While it isn't impossible for somethign to get her down, she bounces back surprisingly well and tends to have an overall happy demeanor. She's not one to listen to sad music or wallow in misery, and her happiness with life can be infectious to those around her; her ability to greet the world with a smile and keep an even emotional keel gives her a sort of strength and endurance. This isn't to say she's optimistic - she's no more that than she is pessimistic; rather, disappointments simply roll off of her if given a little time, and she returns to her baseline nature with speed, and since that baseline nature is happy, it is very rare to find her in a fit of ennui or teenage angst.
Patient - Some things take time - getting an outfit just right for one of her dolls, waiting for the right lighting for photographing one, finding the absolute best pair of shoes in the shop... Jeanette knows how to wait, and how to not go stir crazy while doing so. Results are not always evident for somethign right away, and you have to keep going until they happen - and even if they don't happen. She does not get in a rush and tends to eye the pace that some of her schoolmates move through life with a confused and awed expression - why rush? Why get angry at something taking a while? Patient, consistent work pays off far more than hasty and sloppy work, after all!
Neat - A place for everything and everything in its place. Jeanette is careful to keep everything she possesses in a specific location and to always return it to its proper place when she is done with it. Her room is always clean, and she never lets dust or disorder build up in a space she has claimed as her own. Jenny does not like when things are messy, and will go out of her way to clean up after both herself and others. Fortunately, she does not take this to levels of obnoxiousness, but she can be found ensuring that there won't be loose crumbs left after a snack day, and does her best not to make a mess in her day-to-day life. After all, a neat appearance and living environment is important - and really, who wants to be messy?
Flaws: Forgetful - Things simply don't 'stick' easily in Jeanette's mind. It isn't that she's stupid, or that she's not paying attention - things simply slip through while she's thinking of other matters. As a result, she tries to keep a list of important things she needs to do on her person, marking them off as she does them, but this doesn't always work, nor does her backup method of tying colored strings around her fingers as reminders. The latter most often leaves her with colorfully-decorated fingers and no recollection of what the ties were supposed to represent. A major result of this forgetfulness is that her grades are not stellar - she works hard and is a smart girl, but the fact that her work often ends up turned in a day or two late, or done at the last minute because she forgot the due date until it was nearly upon her has left her with a spottier GPA than she'd really liked. This is particularly noticeable in math, because she often forgets to show her work, which costs her more points now that she's getting into higher-level math.
Slow to Catch on - There's always that one person in a group who understands what's being discussed just a second or two later than everyone else. The person who needs just a bit longer to process a problem before being able to a) register that there IS a problem and b) begin implementing a solution. In short, the opposite of a quick thinker. Jeanette is that person. Between this, her forgetfulness, and her clumsiness, she's earned a bit of a reputation as a ditz, and it frustrates her that she's usually the last to get a joke, and still working on step one of a problem while everyone else is already moving on to step three or four. This isn't particularly a problem in terms of schoolwork, but rather in social situations - she's just a little out of step with conversational flow, just a little bit delayed in catching on to hidden meanings and agendas, and as a result she's forever just a bit out of place among her peers.
Clumsy - It's a good thing Jenny has a lot of patience, because with the number of times she's dropped, bumped into, or knocked over things would bring many people to despair of ever being graceful. She simply isn't that aware of where she is in space, and as a result she's often found sporting mild bruises or sprained ankles, and has been called a butterfingers by classmates since she was small. (One particularly spectacular incident resulted from her tripping with an unlatched pencil case and sending writing utensils flying everywhere). She's stabbed her own fingers often enough while sewing that she's begun to become numb to pinpricks, and does not trust herself with anything breakable. To some extent, she can overcome this, but it takes a lot of focus and energy, and as such she generally exercises such a level of caution only when working with her dolls, so that she doesn't damage them. Everything else... well.... accidents happen!
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Eyes: Her large, wide eyes, although similar in shape and size to her older sister Pierette, are not grey - rather, they are a vivid blue, somewhere between sky and sapphire.
Hair: Jenny's hair is a bright orange, reminiscent of dreamsicles or orange sherbert, and despite her best efforts to tame it, it falls into ringlets that cannot and will not be straightened.
Face: Jeanette has an open, oval face with a scattering of freckles across her nose and cheeks. Her complexion underneath them is a bit on the pale side, and she has a bit of an overbite that tends to be most noticeable when she smiles.
Clothes: Jeanette will rarely be found with a consistent style. Some days, she feels like wearing hime-lolita. Others, she'll dress in pastel goth. Generally, however, she prefers dresses to jeans, and the more ruffles, the better. She also has a soft spot for oversized hair ribbons and hats, and you'll rarely find her wearing the same pair of shoes two days in a row.
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