Post by pierce on Aug 8, 2017 18:57:00 GMT
Laine Gabriella Vance
age 21
birthday
December 31st - New Years baby!
grade
Junior at Metric University
profession/major
Movie Production, focus on prop and set-making for stop-motion animation.
appearance
Dark eyes and hair, uses makeup often to make an impression and is hardly without any on at any given moment. She finds her face too plain otherwise, though she's been told time and time again that she is beautiful even without any. There is a beauty mark on her cheek that makes her face very distinct, she'll either conceal it or make it pop depending on her temperament and the context of what she is getting ready for. Her style is relatively simple and she goes for more 'classic' looks than trendy ones.
personality
Laine is pretty intense at first impression. She doesn't have a problem instructing people that she doesn't know and she can just as easily approach people with constructive criticism. That said, she has a way with words and can bring to light a mistake without being too acute or insulting. This makes her well-suited at working with others - she's in her element working in a large group with many projects going on at once.
Her multi-tasking ability is uncanny, but she can overlook minute details if there is too much on her plate or she is at too fast of a pace. It helps to have people around to fill in the gaps for her and vice versa, and Laine will usually pick up on when another helps her out. She is easy to get along with but if someone gets on her bad side it's highly unlikely for her to forgive and forget. It will take profuse apologies and a lot of time to mend a friendship broken by a breach of trust.
Romantic relationships are somewhat similar, though she hasn't been in anything long-term yet and really - it's hard to see it happening. She dates here and there, and isn't a stranger to summertime flings, but nothing has really lasted her. Laine doesn't mind, though she does see the benefit of having someone there to count on - she's holding out for someone who really takes her breath away. Until then, she has a blast with her group of friends instead!
likes
making miniatures
ice cream sundaes
gymnastics for fun
going to the beach
baby animals
dislikes
dishonesty
slobs
coffee
pre-made holes in jeans
pre-made holes in jeans
surprise, unplanned, or not planned well enough events
history
Growing up in Salem, CA as an only child, Laine really got a sense of who she was fairly early. As much as she wanted a younger sibling, it just wasn't to be. Her parents lost their love for each other when she was old enough for pre-k, though she wouldn't notice how distant they really were until middle school - when she compared them to the parents of her friends. Whenever she asked either of them about it, she was just laughed off and reminded of how busy they were with work - her mom an interior designer and her father in animation. Still, it didn't really explain why she couldn't remember ever seeing them kiss or be particularly close.
After a few summers in LA for Film Camp, Laine completely lost track of her parent's marital status. She was immersed in a world that felt right for her, that welcomed her attention to detail and keen sense of direction. It was from there that she knew she wanted to work with set design, namely in miniatures for stop-animation. In the years following, she began to make short films - starring the residents of her dollhouse with the majority of their furniture crafted by her. So proud of her creations, Laine would screen her self-productions to her parents and force them to sit beside each other to watch. She didn't see an immediate difference, but after a while it seemed like they were getting more and more cozy with each other - to which she considered herself a direct catalyst.
But a year later, the unexpected happened. Laine was sat down for a talk - which was not something that had ever happened before. What she was expecting, she wasn't sure - but she definitely didn't expect them to tell her that they were divorcing, that they were both already seeing other people. It was a numb, emotionless feeling. She just couldn't comprehend it right away, not until after she closed herself away from them and really thought back on all the last-minute meetings... all the lies they'd told her and told each other - for years! Laine vowed to not approach a relationship with anyone who would have the potential to cheat and lie, vowed to never ever do that to anyone as well.
She was in high school when she met Josephine Silva and ended up finding herself in a really tight group of friends. They were all so welcoming and Laine felt like she really belonged, bringing her own personality in to the bunch that seems to mesh so perfectly with them. She followed suit in to the Metric University, which was a no brainer - focusing on her craft when she wasn't busy going on outings with her friends. Though she did harbor a little crush for Jonah when she'd first met him, she loves him and Rosalie together and would never think of coming between them. There are plenty of guys at Metric anyway, no reason to ruin important friendships when she could just date the cuties on campus!
family
Marlena Jasmine Kline (Mother, recently remarried)
Porter Norman Vance (Father)
relationships
TBW
playby
Troian Bellisario