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« Reply #1700 on: January 08, 2021, 04:06:41 PM »

A Alliance '90/The Greens voter or a CSU voter.

Gender: Non-Binary/Female
Age: 33
Race: Anglo-White
Sexual Orientation: Pansexual
Relationship Status: Married to a wife, who also works in Finance and is from New York City.
Hometown: North Kensington, Greater London
Current Location: Belgravia, Greater London
Education: Finance.
Religion: Secular Jew
Occupation: Working in a American bank's capital markets division.
Class: Upper Middle Class/Upper Class
Hobbies: Shopping, Drawing, anime, swimming, musical theater,
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Is a frequent drinker
Lived in America for 3 years
Considered to be "woke"
Is somewhat fiscally conservative
(Do British/American Parties)

Sounds like a LibDem in the UK and a centrist Democrat in the US. Very against Brexit and somewhat skeptical of AOC. Might vote Conservative for pragmatic reasons.

Gender: Male
Age: 59
Ethnicity: Russian
Hometown: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Current location: Corvallis, Oregon
Occupation: Gun store owner
Religion: Non practicing Orthodox Christian
Hobbies: Russian music and cinema, hiking, nature
Other: Is a veteran of the Soviet-Afghan War, immigrated to the US in the late 1990's
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« Reply #1701 on: January 11, 2021, 04:42:11 PM »

I'm guessing Republican, given that he's an immigrant from the former Soviet Union and seems to be into guns.

Gender: Male
Age: 21
Race: White, German Ancestry
Sexual Orientation: Gay
Relationship Status: In an ill-defined partnership with a much older and wealthier man
Hometown: Greenwald, MN
Current Location: Wilton Manors, FL
Education: High School dropout
Religion: Raised Catholic, no longer observant
Occupation: Grocery Store stocker, part time
Income: $10,000, mostly in money from his siblings and his boyfriend
Hobbies: Partying, weightlifting
Other: Ran away from home at 17 due to conflict with religious family and getting in trouble for shoplifting. Currently lives in a hotel. Has an edgy personality where his idea of humor is 'pretending' to be racist and sexist. Brother of this person.
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« Reply #1702 on: January 11, 2021, 05:15:03 PM »

Not very political, economically #populist and liberal on muh social issues, but seems a good candidate for the "succdem to nazbol pipeline". So I guess that his political evolution in 2020 is basically ShadowOfTheWave but more unserious about it, and in the end did not bother to vote.


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Gender - Male
Age - 48 49
Race (Ancestry) - White (Irish/Jewish)
Hometown - Saint Paul, MN
Current location - Salerno, Italy
Marital status - Married with two children one child (his wife is Italian)
Religion - Devout but idiosyncratic Christian, culturally Catholic so to speak, frequently prays alone in church but seldom attends the Mass Very idiosyncratic Christian, culturally Catholic, theologically ambivalent-to-nihilist
Education - Bachelor's degree in Italian literature
Occupation - Runs a B&B, writes for an American journal of literature, gives private lessons in English
Hobbies and interests - Comparative theology, bathing in Amalfi (year-round), Neapolitan food
Favourite authors - Dante Alighieri, Gabriele D'Annunzio, T. S. Eliot
Other - Emigrated in 2000; voted for Perot twice had a second child who died from an overdose at a nightclub party at age 18; is now a massive hater of "nightclub culture" so to speak; has many connections among the organizers of the Giffoni Film Festival
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« Reply #1703 on: January 12, 2021, 12:51:10 PM »

A Democrat, pretty firmly I think.

Gender: Male
Age: 24
Race: White, French and Spanish ancestry (Cajun)
Hometown: Lafayette, LA
Residence: Baton Rouge, LA
Sexual Orientation: Gay
Relationship Status: Single
Religion: Charismatic Catholic and moderately devout, though not a regular churchgoer.
Occupation: Legislative assistant to a Republican State rep.
Income: $30,000
Other: Is a transgender man but has only begun to acknowledge this to his close friends, not open at work or with his family. Still personally wrestles profoundly with his gender.
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« Reply #1704 on: January 12, 2021, 02:17:33 PM »

Was once a fairly consistent Republican who checked all the socially conservative boxes. Coming to terms with his sexuality while working alongside Republicans on a daily basis has caused him to privately begin questioning his previous beliefs on other issues as well. Abstained from voting in last election but is open to voting for Democrats in the future.

Gender: Male
Age: 26
Race/Ethnicity: White (Ashkanazi Jewish)
Religion: Reform Jew
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Engaged
Hometown: Metaire, Louisiana
Current Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Occupation: Assistant Manager of Comic Book Store
Income: $25-30,000
Other: Is ex-boyfriend of previous character when they were still identifying as female. The relationship was tumultuous mainly because of religious disagreements. After a break they reconnected and are now close friends and he is one of the few people that the other has come out to and trusts. Is encouraging them to come out and be groomsman at wedding.
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« Reply #1705 on: January 12, 2021, 02:37:13 PM »

Moderately liberal Democrat, would’ve supported Sanders-Biden in the last 2 Dem primaries if they cared to vote in them.

Age: mid 30s
Gender: female
Race/ethncity: Latina/2nd gen Mexican
Sexual orientation: straight
Relationship status: Married with 3 kids
Current location: Sunnyside, WA
Occupation: Nurse practitioner at a farmworkers’ clinic
Household income: 5 digits
Other: goes to the gym at 5:30 with her elderly immigrant parents most days. Fluently bilingual in English and Spanish
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« Reply #1706 on: January 12, 2021, 03:26:25 PM »

Moderately liberal Democrat, would’ve supported Sanders-Biden in the last 2 Dem primaries if they cared to vote in them.

Age: mid 30s
Gender: female
Race/ethncity: Latina/2nd gen Mexican
Sexual orientation: straight
Relationship status: Married with 3 kids
Current location: Sunnyside, WA
Occupation: Nurse practitioner at a farmworkers’ clinic
Household income: 5 digits
Other: goes to the gym at 5:30 with her elderly immigrant parents most days. Fluently bilingual in English and Spanish

I think pretty self-evidently a Democrat, probably a Sanders or Warren voter.

Gender: Woman
Age: 39
Race: White (Italian ancestry)
Education: Degree in nursing from Notre Dame
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Widowed with 5 kids
Residence/Hometown: Tottenville, Staten Island, NY
Religion: Nonreligious, was a Catholic until fairly recently
Occupation: Nurse
Income: Income of $60,000, was previously making $300,000 in joint income
Other: Her husband died in early 2020. She served as a nurse and survived Covid during the peak of the NYC pandemic. Left Catholicism over the summer of 2020 due to a crisis of faith brought on by the aforementioned events, causing major strain in her relationships. Suffers from undiagnosed PTSD.
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« Reply #1707 on: January 12, 2021, 03:26:55 PM »

Lifelong Democrat, Warren voter in primary

Age: 73
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: half Italian/half WASP
Religion: Episcopalian (father was Italian-Catholic who converted for marriage)
Current Location/Hometown: Darien, Connecticut
Occupation: Retired teacher who later became guidance counselor at prestigious prep school
Education: MA in classics at Oxford
Relationship Status: Married, has kids and grandkids
Other: Came from wealthy (but new money) family, attended same school he later worked at. Still holds bitter feelings towards old money classmates who bullied him mercilessly for his Italian last name and carried some of those feelings towards their kids as well who he taught.
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« Reply #1708 on: January 12, 2021, 04:43:37 PM »

Moderately liberal Democrat, would’ve supported Sanders-Biden in the last 2 Dem primaries if they cared to vote in them.

Age: mid 30s
Gender: female
Race/ethncity: Latina/2nd gen Mexican
Sexual orientation: straight
Relationship status: Married with 3 kids
Current location: Sunnyside, WA
Occupation: Nurse practitioner at a farmworkers’ clinic
Household income: 5 digits
Other: goes to the gym at 5:30 with her elderly immigrant parents most days. Fluently bilingual in English and Spanish

I think pretty self-evidently a Democrat, probably a Sanders or Warren voter.

Gender: Woman
Age: 39
Race: White (Italian ancestry)
Education: Degree in nursing from Notre Dame
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Widowed with 5 kids
Residence/Hometown: Tottenville, Staten Island, NY
Religion: Nonreligious, was a Catholic until fairly recently
Occupation: Nurse
Income: Income of $60,000, was previously making $300,000 in joint income
Other: Her husband died in early 2020. She served as a nurse and survived Covid during the peak of the NYC pandemic. Left Catholicism over the summer of 2020 due to a crisis of faith brought on by the aforementioned events, causing major strain in her relationships. Suffers from undiagnosed PTSD.


Will answer for Sol since both he and Asenath Waite provided one. I would say this woman was a Republican for most of her life though primarily concerned with law and order issues and taxes rather than social issues. Almost considered voting Obama in 2012 after Hurricane Sandy though she ended up going with Romney. Her loss of faith and trauma from Covid ended up pushing her to vote for Biden this time.

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« Reply #1709 on: January 12, 2021, 08:42:05 PM »

Asenath Waite's character is likely a lifelong Democrat, in some way more culturally than ideologically so, although he may have voted for Nixon in 1972 and maybe for Reagan in 1984. Supported Warren in the 2020 primaries out of a discomfort with seeing old money Republicans turned #NeverTrump all backing Joe Biden, but obviously voted for him in the general election.



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Gender - Female
Age - 33
Race (Ancestry) - Mestiza (Dominican)
Sexual orientation - Bisexual
Relationship status - Single
Hometown - Cadiz, Spain
Current location - Zaragoza, Spain
Occupation - Nurse at intensive care ward
Religion - Fervent Catholic
Interests/Hobbies - Reading classics, regional development issues, artisanal coffee
Other -
Weirdly, she has had plenty of casual sex with other women, but has only had serious relationships with men - precisely two, and she practiced abstinence in both
Noted pro-Pope Francis hack, which occupies most of her Facebook history together with anti-abortion posts
Has been extremely strained by COVID, but she always maintains a positive outlook on life
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« Reply #1710 on: January 12, 2021, 10:53:28 PM »

Asenath Waite's character is likely a lifelong Democrat, in some way more culturally than ideologically so, although he may have voted for Nixon in 1972 and maybe for Reagan in 1984. Supported Warren in the 2020 primaries out of a discomfort with seeing old money Republicans turned #NeverTrump all backing Joe Biden, but obviously voted for him in the general election.



Continuing with the series of 30-something female nurses:
Gender - Female
Age - 33
Race (Ancestry) - Mestiza (Dominican)
Sexual orientation - Bisexual
Relationship status - Single
Hometown - Cadiz, Spain
Current location - Zaragoza, Spain
Occupation - Nurse at intensive care ward
Religion - Fervent Catholic
Interests/Hobbies - Reading classics, regional development issues, artisanal coffee
Other -
Weirdly, she has had plenty of casual sex with other women, but has only had serious relationships with men - precisely two, and she practiced abstinence in both
Noted pro-Pope Francis hack, which occupies most of her Facebook history together with anti-abortion posts
Has been extremely strained by COVID, but she always maintains a positive outlook on life

Opposing abortion and being a religious Catholic definitely makes her a People's Party supporter. Probably a strong centralist and opposes regionalism much less independence movements given her southern origins.

Gender: Male
Age: 34
Race: White (English/Scotch-Irish)
Residence/Hometown: Provo, Utah
Religion: Non-Denominational Evangelical (semi observant-attends services most weeks, though he sometimes misses them if he has some other event planned)
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Relationship Status: Engaged
Education: BA in English at Wheaton, Teaching Certificate
Occupation: High School English Teacher
Income: 50,000 dollars/year
Interests: Literature, Video Games, Grilling, Politics, Microbrewing, Alternate History, Podcasts
Other: -Was ostracized and even bullied as a child for being one of the few non-Mormons in his school, still resentful of the Mormon Church to a degree for that reason. Thinks they have too much influence in Utah's politics and culture.
-Somewhat active in his local teacher's union
-Annoyed by efforts to remove classics such as Huckleberry Finn or the Odyssey from school English curriculums in favour of more multicultural/"diverse" novels which he considers driven by postmodernism
-Has had crushes on some of his older students, though he has never acted on them
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« Reply #1711 on: January 13, 2021, 01:16:39 AM »
« Edited: January 13, 2021, 01:24:12 AM by Southern Governor Punxsutawney Phil »

Any other state and I'd say firm Republican, but his resentfulness towards Mormon Church I think makes him a swing voter who tends to prefer moderate candidates in either party.

Gender: Male
Age: 44
Race: White (Italian and Irish ancestry)
Residence: Plymouth Notch, VT
Hometown: Hempstead, NY
Religion: fairly fervent Catholic
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Relationship Status: Married, four children
Education: Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University
Occupation: Self-employed, runs small business
Income: 54,000 dollars/year
Interests: Anime, K-pop, History, Podcasts, Cooking, Music, Foreign Languages
Other:
Is massive Japanophile, visits Japan once a year
Favorite news outlet is CNN, distrusts MSNBC and Fox News, utterly despises OANN
Can speak Japanese, Italian, Spanish, and English fluently (has Puerto Rican wife)
Has modest holiday home in Rhode Island
Admires Andrew Coumo, governor of New York, making an exception for the NY SAFE Act. Considers him to hero for his coronavirus record especially
Owns an antique shotgun and considers himself to have casual interest in guns
Always votes in presidential elections
Cast first presidential vote for Bill Clinton in 1996
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« Reply #1712 on: January 13, 2021, 03:09:46 PM »

Democratic leaning independent who likes politicians that he sees as outside the box. Voted for Phil Scott for governor, supported Bernie in 2016 and 2020 and has voted Democrat in every presidential election except for 2000 when he voted for Nader and 2016 when he voted for Gary Johnson.

Gender: Male
Age: 67
Race/Ethnicity: White (Ashkanazi Jewish)
Religion: Reform Jew
Current Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Hometown: Bluefield, West Virginia
Occupation: Former Coal Miner who is now a Journalist and has published one modestly successful novel that's currently out of print.
Marital Status: Twice Divorced, one daughter
Education: Went to University of West Virginia for several semesters after losing his coal mining job, dropped out after publishing an expose on corruption for the school paper exploded and landed him a job.
Income: 60-70k
Interests: Kayaking, Whitewater Rafting, Hiking, Cryptocurrency, Country Music, Sampling and writing about exotic cuisine, Baseball
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« Reply #1713 on: January 13, 2021, 03:49:09 PM »

Originally a union Democrat, political wilderness between his job in the mines and the one in the newsroom, then moved rightwards and become a J. D. Vance-style Republican (possibly ante litteram) until he decided in 2017 or 2018 that Trump was just a grifter. Now a perpetually dissatisfied right-liberal independent.

Next:
Gender - Male
Age - 63
Race - Black
Ancestry - Dominican
Religion - Semi-serious Catholic
Hometown - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Current location - Antelope Valley area, CA
Relationship status - Married with one child
Occupation - Has shifted through various factory jobs, now a mid-level employee for Delta Scientific
Interests - Cars and motorcycles, following Dominican politics, keeping in contact with the various members of his family dispersed around the world. Also a rum connoisseur.
Other things of note:

This guy is his son:
Gender - Male
Age - 37
Race - Multiracial
Ancestry - Dad is an Afro-Latino Dominican immigrant, mom is 1/2 Cherokee and 1/2 Japanese

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This gal to whom he's very close is his niece:
Gender - Female
Age - 33
Race (Ancestry) - Mestiza (Dominican)
Sexual orientation - Bisexual

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« Reply #1714 on: January 18, 2021, 05:13:58 PM »

Originally a union Democrat, political wilderness between his job in the mines and the one in the newsroom, then moved rightwards and become a J. D. Vance-style Republican (possibly ante litteram) until he decided in 2017 or 2018 that Trump was just a grifter. Now a perpetually dissatisfied right-liberal independent.

Next:
Gender - Male
Age - 63
Race - Black
Ancestry - Dominican
Religion - Semi-serious Catholic
Hometown - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Current location - Antelope Valley area, CA
Relationship status - Married with one child
Occupation - Has shifted through various factory jobs, now a mid-level employee for Delta Scientific
Interests - Cars and motorcycles, following Dominican politics, keeping in contact with the various members of his family dispersed around the world. Also a rum connoisseur.
Other things of note:

This guy is his son:
Gender - Male
Age - 37
Race - Multiracial
Ancestry - Dad is an Afro-Latino Dominican immigrant, mom is 1/2 Cherokee and 1/2 Japanese

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This gal to whom he's very close is his niece:
Gender - Female
Age - 33
Race (Ancestry) - Mestiza (Dominican)
Sexual orientation - Bisexual

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Probably a union member and a Democrat due to economic issues. Eager Biden supporter in the primaries and general, though he was sympathetic to Sanders. Probably somewhat conservative on cultural issues and votes accordingly on ballot measures but don't give those issues a high priority.

Gender: Male
Age: 54
Race: White (English, German)
Residence: Cape Coral, Florida
Hometown: Davenport, Iowa
Religion: Lutheran (not very observant, occasionally attends services)
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Relationship Status: Married, two adult children one of whom is in college
Education: High School Diploma, some community college credit
Occupation: Children's entertainer/clown, Uber driver
Income: 35,000 dollars/year (80,000 dollars household income due to wife's job)
Interests: Television/Movies, Comedy, Football, Pornography, Eating contessts
Other: -Slightly embarrassed by the fact his wife makes more money than him though he enjoys being a clown
-Father was a unionized factory worker (now retired), mother a homemaker (died of cancer in 1999)
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« Reply #1715 on: January 24, 2021, 06:51:32 PM »

Not super political, probably got mildly Trumpy over the past four years but wasn't at the outset.

Here's a literary one:

Gender: Female
Age: 18
Race/ethnicity: WASP
Residence and hometown: Bennington, Vermont
Religion: Irreligious
Sexual orientation: Asexual
Relationship status: Toxic codependent relationship with her sister (see below)
Education: High school dropout
Occupation: Gofer for her rich sister (see above)
Interests: Folk magic, history (especially medieval England), mycology
Other things to note: Has committed an incredibly serious felony and gotten away with it.
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« Reply #1716 on: January 24, 2021, 07:49:44 PM »

Shirley Jackson yay!

A brief research brings to Merricat Blackwood from We Have Always Lived in the Castle. I imagine she would be some sort of weird leftist agrarianist "reactionary" - basically I see her ideal as being the most libertine, unholy, depravate etc. aspects of the life of late medieval to early modern smallfolk, and a society based around that.


Also a literary one, with some slight details added by me:

Gender - Male
Age - 62
Race (Ethnicity) - White (Portuguese)
Hometown - Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Residence - Lisbon, Portugal
Religion - Catholic
Sexual orientation - Heterosexual
Relationship status - Widower
Education - College graduate
Occupation - Journalist; director of a newspaper's cultural section
Interests - French literature, talking to his late wife's photograph, omelettes and lemonade
Other things to note - Cardiopathic and obese. He has a young Italian colleague who's gotten in big trouble. Dreams of moving to France.
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« Reply #1717 on: January 24, 2021, 08:21:08 PM »

I imagine she would be some sort of weird leftist agrarianist "reactionary" - basically I see her ideal as being the most libertine, unholy, depravate etc. aspects of the life of late medieval to early modern smallfolk, and a society based around that.

If you ask me, the most libertine things are often the most holy, but I digress. Fascinating characterization.

Gender - Male
Age - 62
Race (Ethnicity) - White (Portuguese)
Hometown - Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Residence - Lisbon, Portugal
Religion - Catholic
Sexual orientation - Heterosexual
Relationship status - Widower
Education - College graduate
Occupation - Journalist; director of a newspaper's cultural section
Interests - French literature, talking to his late wife's photograph, omelettes and lemonade
Other things to note - Cardiopathic and obese. He has a young Italian colleague who's gotten in big trouble. Dreams of moving to France.

I have no idea what the literary source of this fellow is, but I get Ignatius J. Reilly-type vibes from him. I'll guess he's a PSD voter who's followed the party through all of its realignments as he's aged and his views have evolved.

Gender: Female
Age: 46
Race/ethnicity: Eighth-generation Irish-American
Hometown: Dalton, PA
Residence: East Stroudsburg, PA
Religion: Lapsed Catholic
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Relationship status: Divorced
Education: Associate Degree of Applied Business
Occupation: Convenience-store manager (Wawa, naturally)
Interests: Forestry, local wildlife, hunting, Irish heritage, local history
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« Reply #1718 on: January 24, 2021, 09:00:34 PM »
« Edited: January 24, 2021, 09:12:32 PM by Away, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe! »

Shirley Jackson yay!

A brief research brings to Merricat Blackwood from We Have Always Lived in the Castle. I imagine she would be some sort of weird leftist agrarianist "reactionary" - basically I see her ideal as being the most libertine, unholy, depravate etc. aspects of the life of late medieval to early modern smallfolk, and a society based around that.

If you'd never heard of the character before today it makes sense that you'd get that impression from her, but in the book itself she's an unabashed elitist who unreservedly hates and is unreservedly hated by the working-class inhabitants of the town she and her sister live in the outskirts of. She also unreservedly hates men, though, so she'd probably skew left based on that in the current US alignment.

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« Reply #1719 on: January 25, 2021, 01:09:50 AM »


I have no idea what the literary source of this fellow is, but I get Ignatius J. Reilly-type vibes from him. I'll guess he's a PSD voter who's followed the party through all of its realignments as he's aged and his views have evolved.

Pereira from Antonio Tabucchi's Sostiene Pereira (usually translated as Pereira Maintains or Pereira Declares). The book is actually set in 1938 and Pereira starts a random anti-heroic figure who gradually becomes more and more acutely aware of the repressiveness of the Salazar regime. The Italian guy ends up beaten to death by political police types after publishing "uncomfortable" obituaries.

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« Reply #1720 on: January 26, 2021, 10:41:51 AM »

I imagine she would be some sort of weird leftist agrarianist "reactionary" - basically I see her ideal as being the most libertine, unholy, depravate etc. aspects of the life of late medieval to early modern smallfolk, and a society based around that.

If you ask me, the most libertine things are often the most holy, but I digress. Fascinating characterization.

Gender - Male
Age - 62
Race (Ethnicity) - White (Portuguese)
Hometown - Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Residence - Lisbon, Portugal
Religion - Catholic
Sexual orientation - Heterosexual
Relationship status - Widower
Education - College graduate
Occupation - Journalist; director of a newspaper's cultural section
Interests - French literature, talking to his late wife's photograph, omelettes and lemonade
Other things to note - Cardiopathic and obese. He has a young Italian colleague who's gotten in big trouble. Dreams of moving to France.

I have no idea what the literary source of this fellow is, but I get Ignatius J. Reilly-type vibes from him. I'll guess he's a PSD voter who's followed the party through all of its realignments as he's aged and his views have evolved.

Gender: Female
Age: 46
Race/ethnicity: Eighth-generation Irish-American
Hometown: Dalton, PA
Residence: East Stroudsburg, PA
Religion: Lapsed Catholic
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Relationship status: Divorced
Education: Associate Degree of Applied Business
Occupation: Convenience-store manager (Wawa, naturally)
Interests: Forestry, local wildlife, hunting, Irish heritage, local history

moderate Republican though not particularly political, has voted Casey for senate and Wolfe for governor. Was open to voting for Biden (after voting for Trump in 2016) but voted Trump again due to criticism of lockdowns. Wants to give Biden a chance now though and regrets Trump vote after attempted insurrection.

Gender: Female
Age: 23
Race/Ethnicity: White/Asian (1/4th Greek, 1/4th Irish, 1/4th Scottish, 1/4th Indian)
Religion: Baptized Anglican, still considers herself Christian though has never really found a church she identifies with in the US.
Hometown: London, England
Current Location: Philadelphia, PA (Has lived in Philadelphia area since childhood, maintains duel citizenship
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Single
Occupation: Hairdresser/Student
Education level: High School graduate, just returned to school to take online classes after losing her job because of COVID
Interests: Punk, Glam Rock, Britpop, Vintage Fashion, Football (British and American) Wrestling, Mystery Novels
Other: Played sports and was tomboyish growing up, was expelled from school after giving another student a black eye that called her a lesbo. Still dresses androgynously (used to wear ties, suspenders, vests to work) but glam rock influenced and is more obviously feminine now. Was once an amateur junior woman's wrestling league champion and is trying to quit smoking and get back in shape to be able to compete again.
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« Reply #1721 on: January 26, 2021, 10:54:22 AM »
« Edited: January 26, 2021, 11:03:15 AM by Away, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe! »

I know a woman almost exactly like this except in her case she actually is a lesbian. She's unapologetically hard left and I think this woman is too.

Going with a more obscure literary character since evidently Battista Minola has wised on to the Shirley Jackson and Sarah Waters ones:

Gender: Female
Age: 18
Race/ethnicity: Japanese
Hometown and current residence: Suginami Ward, Tokyo
Religion: Irreligious
Sexual orientation: Not sure herself
Education: In high school
Occupation: Full-time student
Interests: Russian literature (especially Dostoyevsky), philosophy, true crime, acting "cool"
Other things to note: Comes from a broken family; physically attractive to the point that she's had problems with being sexually harassed from a very early age.
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« Reply #1722 on: January 26, 2021, 11:12:19 AM »

I know a woman almost exactly like this except in her case she actually is a lesbian. She's unapologetically hard left and I think this woman is too.


Damn, if not for the "actually a lesbian" part I'd be tempted to ask if she was single Tongue

I don't know enough about Japanese politics/parties to really answer that one cogently so skip.
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« Reply #1723 on: January 26, 2021, 06:55:08 PM »

I know a woman almost exactly like this except in her case she actually is a lesbian. She's unapologetically hard left and I think this woman is too.

Going with a more obscure literary character since evidently Battista Minola has wised on to the Shirley Jackson and Sarah Waters ones:

Gender: Female
Age: 18
Race/ethnicity: Japanese
Hometown and current residence: Suginami Ward, Tokyo
Religion: Irreligious
Sexual orientation: Not sure herself
Education: In high school
Occupation: Full-time student
Interests: Russian literature (especially Dostoyevsky), philosophy, true crime, acting "cool"
Other things to note: Comes from a broken family; physically attractive to the point that she's had problems with being sexually harassed from a very early age.

No idea who she is, but she doesn't strike me as very political. I think she would vote for the CDP. Out of curiosity, I checked Wikipedia and Suginami is described as a centre of "liberal activism" but also the LDP has won Suginami's constituency in every recent election.

Based on a real person

Gender: Male
Age: 42
Race: White (German, Scottish)
Residence/Hometown: Queens, New York
Religion: Presbyterian (non-practicing)
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Relationship Status: Married, two children
Education: BA in Business
Occupation: Airline pilot
Income: 80,000 dollars/year
Interests: Film/Television, Mystery Novels, Jogging, Tennis, Guitar playing, Politics
Other: -Comes from a wealthy family and faced disapproval for deciding to become an airline pilot
-Struggles with alcoholism, has had some health scares previously
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« Reply #1724 on: January 27, 2021, 02:48:54 PM »

Going with a more obscure literary character since evidently Battista Minola has wised on to the Shirley Jackson and Sarah Waters ones

Lmao



Mung Beans's character sounds like a mainstream Republican who is not enthralled with Trump. But I am going to say he reluctantly voted for him anyway because this thread is already full of more Biden Republicans than there are in reality. The real person he is based on may well be completely different.

Next hypothetical person, inspired by recent events:
Gender - Female
Age - 19
Race (Ethnicity) - White (half Romani, half Spanish)
Hometown - Moura, Portugal
Current location - Évora, Portugal (registered to vote in Moura)
Education - High school graduate
Occupation - Full-time university student
Religion - Unsure herself
Sexual orientation - Heterosexual
Relationship status - Single
Interests - Literature, flowers, spending times inside ancient churches
Other - Feels a sense of shame for both parts of her ancestry, and tries to hide them and just tell people she's Portuguese. She is quite introverted and very beautiful.
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