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Character Profile: Sarah

by GJohnson on April 25, 2011 at 06:00

It’s monday, monday, gotta get down on OH WAIT.

Hope you had a good weekend! It’d also be nice if you’d spent a small part of it promoting the comic, but that’s not obligatory. So! Time for Sarah’s profile!

Day One:
Sarah didn’t do a whole lot in this chapter, although she was the first to say hi to Jenn on the as yet unnamed (and forever nonexistant) social networking site they use in this comic.

Projects:
Sarah was however one of the focuses of this chapter. Fed up with not being able to wake up without a coffee, Sarah decides to go cold turkey on caffiene, a decision which is NOT supported by Jamie and Neeve, who get Jenn to try to stop Sarah. This backfires, with Jenn making a pact with Sarah to keep up their personal projects. Over the weekend Sarah gets a haircut, and back at school she discovers that Jenn has officially given up her end of the pact. Initially angry, Jenn points out that this is a good excuse to start drinking caffiene again, as Sarah had been struggling. A lot. Sarah switches to tea instead of coffee at the end of the chapter.

Uniform:
As the member of the gang with the most businessy wardrome, Sarah is unconcerned by the stricter uniform regulations. However, she is a bit frustrated when Neeve discovers her sort of thing with their fellow art student Tom Taylor. Sarah’s fed up with the pressures of ‘dating’ so when it comes to her not-date with Tom at the weekend, where she decides to make the move forward to it being a relationship, she asks if rather than dating they could ‘just have fun’. This ends up with them being all over each other at any possible moment at college. Which is fair enough I guess. Unless you have to watch.

And that’s you up to date with Sarah! Sarah can be pretty fun to write sometimes, mostly because she’s quiet enough that it forces me to try to use SUBTEXT. I don’t think I’m always successful but it doesn’t make it any less fun. Anyway, time for her bands! Once again, ‘singers’ is probably more appropriate.

Robyn:

Florence + the Machine

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Character Profile: Neeve

by GJohnson on April 22, 2011 at 06:00

Posted In: Non-comics

Ta daa! Neeve’s here.

Day One:
Neeve manages to get on the wrong side of Jenn before they even get on the building, and it only gets worse when she turns out to be in Jenn’s form group. Things escalate a little, but Jamie manages to sort it out and they apologise to each other. They start to realise they’re actually pretty similar to each other in some ways.

Projects:
Neeve didn’t actually do a lot this chapter. She was as emphatic as Jamie was about Jenn stopping Sarah from giving up caffiene, she got a haircut, and she got very disgruntled about the title the art department had set for art/photography A Level (Feet in art). That’s it really.

Uniform:
Neeve, in her signature purple smiley hoodie is particularly unhappy about the new, stricter uniform regulations which insist that girls must wear a suit jacket. Tess comes to her rescue, promising to take her shopping at the weekend, although there is a lot of protesting on Neeve’s part. Before the weekend though, Neeve discovers that Sarah has been sort of kind of seeing an boy in their art class (Tom Taylor). During their shopping day she reveals she’s nervous about the fact that she’s never had a boyfriend while some of her friends (coughTesscough) have had 4. Tess gives her a pep talk and finds her a nice jacket. These both boost Neeve’s confidence, although it is agreed that Tess must never know this lest she become more insufferable.

Aaaaaaand I think that’s it! I didn’t realise till now how little actual plot I gave Neeve in Chapter 2, which isn’t necessarily bad but it’s definitely interesting for me. I think I’ll try to balance it better in future. But now it’s time for Neeve’s favourite bands, or in this case, singers. She’s a mainstream gal, so you probably have heard these songs around, whether you wanted to or not.

Lady Gaga

Jessie J

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Character Profile: Jamie

by GJohnson on April 20, 2011 at 06:00

Posted In: Non-comics

A thing: Part of the reason I’m doing the character profiles rather than anything else for this break is to give a jumping on point for new readers. It’d be FANTASTIC if any of you could get even just one or two people to start reading the comic. Anyone who’s promoted the comic in any way at all so far, thanks so much, it’s really appreciated.

Anyway, Jamie’s plot stuff!

Day One:
On Jenn’s first day, she quickly singles out Jamie as the least weird of the people to actually approach her. However, she’s kind of rude to his friends, which annoys him a lot. However she apologises later and it’s all okay. Also, he pretends to know about a band (Blanket Books) Jenn mentions as a test of his ‘indieness’, looking them up online when he gets home.

Projects:
As the person who has to get the bus with Sarah in the mornings, Jamie is very much against her decision to give up caffiene, so implores Jenn to get Sarah to give up on the plan. At the weekend, he tries (successfully) to convince Jenn that her somewhat masculine dress sense is actually kinda cute.

Uniform:
Despite having told Jenn he was busy with schoolwork at the weekend, he makes time for her when Luke stands her up. While at his house, Jenn finds out about an under 18s gig Blanket Books are playing in a few weeks and they book tickets. Back at school, he has a confrontation with Tess, who later stalks him and Jenn and notices a certain closeness between them.

Aaaand that’s you up to date! Now for his favourite bands. Once again, Blanket Books are a non existant band I made up for plot purposes, so don’t try looking them up.

Yuck:

Yuck – Holing Out from Yuck on Vimeo.

Shrag:

Wild Nothing:

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Character Profile: Jenn

by GJohnson on April 18, 2011 at 06:00

Posted In: Non-comics

So! The character profiles have started. This is pretty much what to expect from all of them, and I’m going to say a little bit about everyone’s major plot points in these blog bits I think. So here goes:

Day One:
Jenn is the new girl and didn’t know ANYONE at school. Neeve, in her own evil way tried to make friends with her. This was, unsurprisingly taken the wrong way. Jenn ended up brushing various people up the wrong way but everything was okay in the end. Also she’s on some kind of medication but I’m not telling you what. And she has a friend called Luke who is VERY hard to contact.

Projects:
Neeve and Jamie wanted her to try to get Sarah back on caffiene to prevent the end of the world. She half heartedly tried to stop her before forming a pledge to try and dress more like a girl for as long as Sarah wasn’t drinking caffiene. However Jamie convinces her that her tomboyish appearance is actually pretty cool so she gives up, giving Sarah an excuse to drink caffiene again. Everyone wins.

Uniform:
All the girls are kept back in assembly and get told to dress smarter. Jenn doesn’t seem particularly bothered by this at first. When discussing weekend plans with Jamie she says she’s seeing an old friend. This old friend is Luke, who stands her up. Well. He sends a text once she’s gotten to the meeting point. Fortunately Jamie is free and she goes round to his house and explains why she cares about Luke so much as a friend. She also finds a gig for a band she introduced Jamie to in the first chapter, so they book tickets. Back at school, she reveals that she has decided to wear a mans tuxedo as a protest against the uniform regulations.

And that brings us up to date! Whew!

Also, have a couple of videos for her favourite bands. Blanket Books, the one mentioned in the comic, isn’t real and exists purely for plot purposes. As you will find out. Maybe these will give you an idea of the sort of band they would be? Anyway:

Hexicon: